Decision-Making in Action (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

Moral principles & values in medical practice & healthcare

Respecting patients' right to make informed medical decisions

Duty to do good & act in patient's best interests

Obligation to 'do no harm' to patients

Fair distribution of resources & equal treatment of patients

Judges rightness of actions based on outcomes/consequences

Focuses on achieving best possible results for patients

Emphasises duty & moral rules rather than consequences

Whether actions are inherently right/wrong, not outcomes

Moral character rather than specific actions or outcomes

Decisions about continuing/withdrawing life-sustaining treatment

Limited healthcare resources - who receives treatment/organs

Advancing knowledge vs protecting human subjects from harm