SAR HP 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Deontological Ethics, Chemotherapy, Advance Healthcare Directive

• School: Boston University
• Department: Health Physiology
• Course: SAR HP 353
• Professor: Pesanelli

Document Summary

Clinical ethics is the analysis and resolution of ethical challenges in the care of individual patients - at the bedside. Shared decision: making is a goal of the process of clinical ethical analysis. A respectful and educated clinician-patient relationship is the heart of a successful management of ethical decision-making in clinical practice. Approaching clinical ethics based on a deontological approach: rule based. Good for good itself (for example, it is always right to tell the truth) Codes of ethics and professional organizations (ama, asha, apta, ana) Four principles that drive how we approach clinical challenges: Autonomy: a capacitant individual"s right to make decisions for him/herself. Bene cence: to do good for the patient. Health care professionals need to make good recommendations for the good of the patient. Non-male cence: to do no harm to the patient. Justice: fair and equitable treatment for each individual.