Exam 14: Health Care Ethics

__________ addresses such difficult issues as the nature of life, the nature of death, what sort of life is worth living, what constitutes murder, how we should treat people who are especially vulnerable, and the responsibilities that we have to other human beings.

The virtue of faithfulness, being true to our commitments and obligations to others is __________.

__________ is the obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks.

__________ is the application of normative theories to practical moral problems.

When caring for the dying, relatives may wish to perform rituals at this time. In death, jewelry, sacred threads, or other religious objects should not be removed from the body. Washing the body is part of the funeral rites and should be carried out by the relatives. Such acts are practiced in __________.

A more global view of right and wrong is referred to as __________.

__________ judgments concerned with what an individual or group believes to be the right or proper behavior in a given situation.

__________ is the steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code and a commitment not to compromise this code.

__________ is confidence that a person will act with the right motives.

__________ serves a moral purpose by providing codes of conduct for appropriate behavior through revelations from a divine source.

The attempt to determine what moral standards should be followed so that human behavior and conduct may be morally right is referred to as __________ ethics.

__________ focus on the inherent character of a person rather than on the specific actions that he or she performs.

__________ are standards or codes of conduct established by the membership of a specific profession.

__________ is the deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering.

__________ is an individual's view of what is right and wrong based on life experiences.

The __________ theory of ethics denies that the consequences of an action or rule are the only criteria for determining the morality of an action or rule.

A person who has moral integrity and a strict regard for doing what is considered the right thing to do is a __________ person.

__________ are situations where a choice must be made between unpleasant alternatives.

The quality of being considerate and sympathetic to another's needs is to be __________.

__________ is a form of beneficence. People, often believing that they know what is best for another, often make decisions that they believe are in that person's best interest.