Ethical Issues

Chapter 4—Ethical Issues

1. Compare and contract legal and ethical issues.
2. What determines how a person approaches and solves ethical dilemmas
3. Define moral indifference—provide an example
4. Define moral uncertainty—provide an example from your own healthcare experience
5. Moral distress—provide an example from your own health care experiences
6. What is an ethical dilemma? Give an example
7. Describe deontological approach to ethical decision making? What does this mean?
8. Describe a teleological approach to ethical decision making? What does this mean?
9. Compare and contrast the 4 different frameworks for ethical decision making
10. What is autonomy—give an example from your experience
11. Define the following terms—how have you used/understood these principles in your nursing practice?
12. Beneficence
13. Paternalism
14. Utility
15. Justice
16. Veracity
17. Fidelity
18. Confidentiality
19. What is the MORAL decision-making model—how does this work?
20. Name important strategies to promote ethical behavior in healthcare.