HAS 4400 - Chapter 4

__________ reasoning describes a form of reasoning where the premise is the conclusion and the conclusion is the premise of an argument. My premise is correct, therefore my conclusion is correct.

An informed decision involves __________.

One of the purposes of an ethics committee is to __________.

Health care dilemmas often occur when there are __________.

Evaluation of a case consultation should take into consideration the patient's current medical and mental status, diagnosis, and __________.

Ethics committees should be structured to include __________.

Ethics committees often provide __________ services for patients, families, and caregivers struggling with difficult treatment decisions and end-of-life dilemmas.

__________ is the process of deciding the right thing to do when facing a moral dilemma.

Making a decision, suggesting a course of action, recommending a path to follow, and making a choice require accepting the fact that there will be elements of right and __________ in the final decision.

Patients and family should be encouraged to

The logical application of __________ is important in the decision-making process.

Although ethics committees first emerged in the 1960s in the United States, attention was focused on them in the landmark 1976 _________ case.

__________ reasoning involves bias for or against a person based on one's relationship with that person.

An __________ is hospital advisory body with multidisciplinary membership from the hospital and the community whose purpose is to facilitate the discussion and resolution of ethical issues and dilemmas arising in the patient care setting.