15 Distributive justice: clinical sources of claims for health care Objectives The reader should be able to: • Understand how the concept and function of distributive justice affect the health care…
2 The ethical goal of professional practice: a caring response Objectives The reader should be able to: • Identify how care is the goal of professional ethics activity. • Describe the basic…
9 Living ethically as a member of the health care team Objectives The reader should be able to: • Describe some major areas of professional life that present ethical challenges as…
11 Communication and information sharing Objectives The reader should be able to: • Recognize the ethical relevance of communication in achieving a caring response. • Identify six steps in the analysis of…
1 Morality and ethics: what are they and why do they matter? Objectives The reader should be able to: • Define morality and ethics and distinguish between the two. • Describe the…
7 Surviving professional life ethically Objectives The reader should be able to: • Describe what “a caring response” entails when the object of care is you. • Discuss the place of self…
10 Why honor confidentiality? Objectives The reader should be able to: • Define the terms confidentiality and confidential information. • Identify the relationship of a patient’s legal right to privacy with his…
8 Living ethically within health care organizations Objectives The reader should be able to: • List several areas of health care addressed by organization ethics. • Define the term mission statement and…
5 A six-step process of ethical decision making in arriving at a caring response Objectives The reader should be able to: • Identify six steps in the analysis of ethical problems…
4 Ethics theories and approaches: conceptual tools for ethical decision making Objectives The reader should be able to: • Distinguish between an ethical theory and ethical approach. • Understand the process of…
