Unit 2 - Ethics and Law in Radiography

Key Terms

Practice Standards

A Patient's Bill of Rights

Intentional Torts--Assault, Battery, False Imprisonment, Slander and Libel and Invasion of Privacy

Unintentional Misconduct--Duty, Breach of Care, Cause and Injury

Legal Doctrine--Doctrine of Personal Liability, Respondeat Superior, Borrowed Servant, Res Ipsa Loquitor and Forseeability

Ethics--Autonomy, Beneficence, Confidentiality, Double Effect, Fidelity, Justice, Nonmaleficence, Paternalism, Sanctity, Veracity and Respect for Property

Morals--Value of Life, Principal of Goodness or Rightness, Principle of Justice or Fairness, Principle of Truth Telling ( Honesty) and Principle of Individual Freedom

Triage, The Lottery System and Save Doctor First

Paternalism, Radical individualism and The reciprocal view

Priestly Model and Engineering Model

Informed Consent

 

Reading Assignment

Introduction to Radiologic Sciences and Patient Care 5th Edition ( Adler and Carlton)
Chapter 22 - Pages 308-316

Chapter 24 - Pages 329-336