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4 categories of Health Care
Therapeutic & Treatment: nursing, physical therapy, surgery, dental, eye… Diagnostic: laboratory, radiology Research: Researcher Environmental: Dietary, biomedical engineering
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Symptoms Objective: Symptoms that are evident to the observer
Subjective: Symptoms perceptible only to the person
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Scope of Practice Defines the actions, procedures… that are permitted by law for a specific profession
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Certification The process of determining whether a person has met predetermined standards Meet education requirements Pass a professional examination
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Licensure The person has been granted permission to legally perform certain acts Granted by government agency
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Registration Being placed on an official list after meeting the educational and testing requirements
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Code of Ethics Standards of professional conduct: ensures high quality of care Hippocratic Oath
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Integrity Adherence to moral & ethical principles, good moral character, honesty
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Autonomy Self-determination: patients have the right to make their own decisions Choose treatment Be involved in care
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Consent Grant Permission
Informed Consent: Verbal and written risks are reviewed and signed Implied Consent: The actions of the parties creates the consent
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Ethics Ethics is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality, concepts such as good & evil, right & wrong, virtue and vice, justice & crime
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Ethics Is the study of values, of how we ought to live
Often used interchangeably with morals & values A systematic, rational reflection upon a behavior
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Values Are defined as standards or ideals which serve as guides to conduct and decision making
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