Introduction to Radiologic and Imaging Sciences and Patient Care: Professional Ethics Flashcards

Generally accepted criteria that serve to differentiate a profession from other occupations or trades

deals with the "rightness and wrongness" of an act or behavior as compared with natural reason. Combination of societal laws and values.

Ethical reflections that emphasize an intimate personal relationship value system that includes such virtues as sympathy, compassion, fidelity, discernment, and love.

Sources for Ethical Attitudes.

defined by laws, rules and regulations, ordinances, and so on.

Practice behaviors that are defined by members of a profession.

Defined by two distinct documents, professional Standards of Conduct and Scope of Practice. Establishes norms for professional conduct.

Manners and attitudes generally accepted by members of a profession.

Regulations established by government and applicable to people within a certain political subdivision. Can be limiting and are not comprehensive in controlling all possible behaviors. Can be politically motivated and applied unequally.

Laws need _________ and ______________

Rights of individuals or groups that are established and guaranteed by law.

Basis for rights-based ethical theory; each individual is protected and allowed to pursue personal projects.

Generally accepted customs, principles, or habits of right living and conduct in a society and the individual's practice in relation to these.

Rights of individuals, or groups that exist separately from governmental or institutional guarantees; usually asserted based on moral principles or rules.

General, universal guides to action that are derived from so-called basic moral truths that should be respected unless a morally compelling reason exists not to do so; also referred to as ethical principles.

Articulated statement of role morality as seen by the members of a profession.

ARRT's mandatory standards of minimally acceptable professional conduct. These are enforcable and can result in sanctions should the ARRT determine the certificate holder has violated any of the rules

The ARRT Code of Ethics is composed of two parts. What are these two parts and what do they deal with?

typically static and slow to change in order to reflect changing societal trends and values.

Situations requiring moral judgement between two or more equally problem-fraught alternatives; two or more competing moral norms are present, creating a challenge about what to do. occur when the correct choice is not clear and personal values may conflict.

Ethical Analysis steps

Bodies of systematically related moral principles used to resolve ethical dilemmas

List Ethical Theories.

Belief that the worth of actions is determined by their ends or consequences; actions are right or wrong according to the balance of their good and bad consequences.

Belief that actions themselves, rather than consequences, determine the worth of actions; actions are right or wrong according to the morality of the acts themselves.

Relationship that exists when two mutually dependent groups in a society recognize certain expectations of each other and conduct their affairs accordingly.

Collection or set of values that an individual or group has as each person's personal guide.

based on an understanding of human rights (right to health care, rights of health professions)

use of moral principles as a basis for defending a chosen path of action in resolving and ethical dilemma

Belief system based on a set of moral principles that are embedded in a common morality.

Traits of character that are socially valued, such as courage.

use of virtues in establishing right reason in action

__________ and __________ form the framework of Virtue-based ethics.

List the basic ethical principles.

Perform actions that benefit others. Decide and act always to benefit the patient. bringing about good

Above all do no harm. Never perform or allow acts that may harm the patient. preventing harm

Perform actions that respect the independence of other persons. The patient must decide what is done to his or her person. acting with personal self reliance

Being truthful is right To tell the truth is expected. telling the truth

Performing acts that observe covenants or promises is right. Be faithful

Performing acts that ensure the fair distribution of goods and harm are right. Be fair or equity

List the different Professional relationships.

How to avoid Ethical conflicts.

Gross violation of commonly held standards of decency or human rights.