Health Care Ethics I (2006) MD0066

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
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