Health Care Ethics I (2006) MD0066

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DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION LESSON 1 Section I. THE NATURE OF ETHICS 1-1. WHY ETHICS? 1-2. ETHICS IN YOUR DAY-TO-DAY WORK 1-3. ETHICS, A PHILOSOPHIC STUDY OF IDEAL BEHAVIOR 1-4. ETHICS DOES NOT PROVIDE BLACK AND WHITE ANSWERS Section II: HOW ETHICS AFFECTS HEALTH CARE DECISIONS 1-5. TYPES OF ETHICS 1-6. ROLE OF THE MEDICAL ETHICIST 1-7. PROFESSIONAL CODES OF CONDUCT 1-8. THE PATIENT’S BILL OF RIGHTS 1-9. ETHICS IS NOT FLUFF; IT DEALS WITH REAL-LIFE ISSUES 1-10. ETHICS GRAPPLES WITH TOUGH QUESTIONS EXERCISES SOLUTIONS NOTES LESSON 2 Section I. VALUES, BELIEFS, AND ATTITUDES 2-1. THE CONFLICTING SOURCES OF MORALITY 2-2. VALUES, BELIEFS, AND ATTITUDES COMPRISE ONE'S PHILOSOPHY OFLIFE 2-3. ETHICAL VALUES VARY BY FAMILY, SEX, RACE, AGE GROUP,NATIONALITY, AND SO FORTH. 2-4. ETHICAL VALUES CAN CHANGE OVER TIME 2-5. PERSONAL ETHICS CAN AFFECT PROFESSIONAL OR SOCIETAL ETHICSOVER TIME 2-6. VARYING ETHICAL VALUES AFFECT THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE INDIFFERENT LOCALES 2-7. ETHICS IS NOT LAW 2-8. ETHICS, THE MOVEMENT OF THE NINETIES? Section II: THE ETHICS OF CARING: RESPONDING TO PATIENT MOOD SWINGS 2-9. YOUR CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PATIENT 2-10. DEPENDENCY 2-11. STRANGENESS 2-12. FEAR 2-13. IRRITABILITY 2-14. CONCERN OVER BODILY SENSATIONS 2-15. SUGGESTIBILITY 2-16. LOSS OF INTEREST IN SURROUNDINGS 2-17. FRUSTRATION 2-18. BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF THE PATIENT 2-19. APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR FOR A HEALTH CARE WORKER EXERCISES SOLUTIONS NOTES LESSON 3 Section I. THE SOURCES OF THE LAW 3-1. INTRODUCTION 3-2. THREE BASIC SOURCES OF THE LAW 3-3. STATUTES, A BASIC SOURCE OF THE LAW 3-4. DECISIONS AND RULES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES 3-5. COMMON LAW, ANOTHER BASIC SOURCE OF THE LAW Section II: THE NATURE AND ROLE OF THE LAW 3-6. THE NATURE AND ROLE OF THE LAW 3-7. THE ROLE OF THE LAW: REGULATING PUBLIC AND PRIVATERELATIONSHIPS 3-8. TYPES OF PUBLIC LAW 3-9. TYPES OF PRIVATE LAW EXERCISES SOLUTIONS NOTES LESSON 4 Section I. TORT LAW AND HEALTH CARE 4-1. INTRODUCTION 4-2. TORT LIABILITY 4-3. INTENTIONAL TORTS Section II: NEGLIGENCE 4-4. NEGLIGENT TORTS 4-5. THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF LIABILITY FOR ACTIONABLE NEG 4-6. DUTY OWED, THE FIRST ELEMENT OF LIABILITY FOR ACTIONABLENEGLIGENCE 4-7. BREACH OF DUTY, THE SECOND ELEMENT OF LIABILITY FORACTIONABLE NEGLIGENCE 4-8. INJURY, THE THIRD ELEMENT OF LIABILITY FOR ACTIONABLENEGLIGENCE 4-9. PROXIMATE CAUSE (CAUSATION), THE FOURTH ELEMENT OF LIABILITYFOR ACTIONABLE NEGLIGENCE 4-10. THE "FIFTH ELEMENT" OF LIABILITY FOR ACTIONABLE NEGLIGENCE EXERCISES SOLUTION NOTES LESSON 5 Section I. RES IPSA LOQUITUR AND RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR 5-1. NO-FAULT LIABILITY AND THE DOCTRINE OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR 5-2. WHO IS LIABLE? 5-3. RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR Section II. FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT 5-4. GOVERNMENT IMMUNITY FROM TORTIOUS ACTS 5-5. FERES DOCTRINE: SERVICE-CONNECTED INJURIES NOT INCLUDED 5-6. NONSERVICE-CONNECTED INJURIES COVERED 5-7. DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS EXERCISES SOLUTIONS APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C GLOSSARY A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z