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What are the differences between a right and a privilege?
- Right: Something that a person is or should be morally or legally allowed to have, get or do
- Privilege: A right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others
- Right: Everyone has a right
- Privilege: Not everyone has a privilege
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what are the different kinds of rights?
- legal rights
- civil rights
- moral rights
- political rights
- cultural rights
- economic rights
- social rights
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a right that is based on the law
legal right
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rights that are granted or supported by the government and can be changed or withdrawn
civil rights
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these rights can be lost or surrendered
civil rights
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it is otherwise known as the copyright law
moral rights
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it protects the rights of the creator and his/her work
moral rights/ copyright law
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it is the right to participate in the government such as the right to vote and the right to hold public office
political rights
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it assures the enjoyment of culture such as language, cultural heritage, intellectual property rights, and author's rights
cultural rights
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protection of minimal material security such as the right to work and right to a pension
economic rights
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allows us to participate in the life of society such as right to education and the right to maintain a family
social rights
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Patient's bill of rights
- right to appropriate medical care and human treatment
- right to informed consent
- right to information
- the right to choose health care provider and faculty
- right to self-determination
- right to religious belief
- right to medical records
- right to leave
- right to use participation in medical research
- right to correspondence and to receive visitors
- right to express grievance
- right to be informed of his rights and obligations as a patient
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it is the self-determination of the ability to make
autonomy
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to tell the truth
veracity
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practitioner intentionally withholds information according to his sound
benevolent deception
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it is the limitation of autonomy
paternalism
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it is the relationship between the doctor and the patient
fiduciary relationship
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it is a substance that is medically inert but the patient feels it therapeutic
placebo
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exemption to veracity
placebo
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it promotes doing acts stated in positive form of kindness and mercy that directly benefit the patient
beneficence
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it is stated in a negative form to remind health practitioners to do o harm
non-maleficence
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it is the right of the patient to have his/her personal information to be kept only wtth the medical practitioner
confidentiality
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faithful devotion to duty, plays a major role in professional nursing
role fidelity
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nurses must always be answerable and accountable to these areas of responsibility
role fidelity
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it is acceptable to do something morally right that has a morally bad side-effect as long as the bad side effect is not intentional
principle of double effect
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it is a formal statement of a group's ideals and values
health care code of ethics
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it is a set of ethical principles that: Are shared by the members of the group, reflects their moral judgement over time, serves as a standard for their professional actions
health care code of ethics
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it is the fundamental right of every individual
health
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primary responsibilities
- promotion of health
- prevention of illness
- alleviation of suffering
- restoration of health
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It is latin for "the thing speaks for itself"
Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur
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one is resumed to be negligent if he/she had exclusive control of whatever caused the injury
Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur
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applicable in cases wherein natural calamity occurs and a patient obtains an injury, a health care professional is to administer first aid measure...
Doctrine of Force Majeure
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when the subordinate commits a tort or civil wrong within the scope of employment and the superior is held liable although he or she may have done nothing wrong
Doctrine of Respondeat Superior
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a civil wrong or wrongful act, whether intentional or unintentional, from which injury occurs to another
torts
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unintentional torts
- malpractice
- gross negligence
- negligence
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professional misconduct; negligence performed in professional practice; lack of skill in professional duties or illegal or immoral conduct resulting in injury or death to client
malpracice
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extreme lack of knowledge, skill or decision making that the person clearly should have known would put others at risk for harm
gross negligence
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practice without a licence. involves exposure of person or another to unreasonable risk of injury by acts of commission or omission
negligence
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examples of malpractice or negligence
- leaving sponges inside a client
- medication errors
- failure to prevent falls by neglecting to raise bed or crib rails
- incompetent assessment of client's situations
- improper identification of clients for operative of diagnostic procedures
- carelessness in caring for a client's property
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occur when a person does damage to another person in a willful, intentional way ad without just cause and/or excuse
intentional torts
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mental or physical threat
assualt
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touching with or without the intent to do harm
battery
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false presentation of facts purposefully to create deception
fraud
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presenting false credentials for purposes of entering a health care program or gaining registration, licensure or employment
fraud
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intentional torts
- assault
- battery
- fraud
- invasion of privacy
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any unnecessary exposure or discussion of client's case
exposure of a a person
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the intentional confinement without authorization
false imprisonment
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concerns privileged communications and privacy; false communication that harms the persons reputation
defamation
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to listen secretly to what a person is saying
eavesdropping
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the act of publishing a false statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone (picture)
libel
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to make false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone(spoken)
slander
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types of defamation
- eavesdropping
- libel
- slander
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it is an act contrary to a criminal statue, violates societal law, includes misdemeanors and felonies
criminal act
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a criminal offense that is less serious than a felony and generally punishable by a fine, ajail term up to a year or both
misdemeanor
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a crime such as murder, punishable by term in prison
felony
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