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