PSYC 2219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Shared Decision-Making In Medicine, Primum Non Nocere, Principle Of Double Effect
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Psyc 2219 - lecture 9 - choices and decisions at end of life. Best made by individuals, families, and caregivers who form a community of interest with firsthand knowledge about a case and the will to make moral decisions. Autonomy: an individual"s right to be self-governing, right to exercise self-direction, freedom, and moral independence. Beneficence: doing good or conferring benefits that enhance personal or social wellbeing, non-maleficence. Justice: qualities of impartiality and fairness as well as right and proper action, going beyond one"s feeling and desires to find balance among conflicting interests. Patients have the right to be informed about their medical condition and the proposed plan of treatment. Shared decision making and cooperation with physician. Capacity: a clinical assessment of an adult"s decision-making abilities is an assessment of capacity. Competence: a decision about an adult"s competency is made by the courts. Feels that they have the capacity to make decision. Greek meaning: a good death or a gentle death.