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| Ethics | judgements of right and wrong or actions on issues that have implications of a moral right and wrong |
| CEJA | Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs |
| What purpose does the CEJA serve? | guidance to healthcare professionals on ethical decision making |
| Ghost Surgery | a surgeon other than the one selected performs the procedure without your consent |
| Duty | obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise from one's profession |
| Rights | Defined as claims a person or group makes on society, a group, or an individual |
| Living will | document that stipulates the patient's wishes when facing death |
| Justice | The fair distribution of benefits and burdens among individuals or groups with legitimate claims on those benefits |
| Nonmaleficence | Refraining from the act of harming or committing evil |
| Fidelity | faithfulness to something to which one is bound by pledge or duty |
| Veracity | the truth |
| Disposition | To act in a certain manner under given circumstances |
| Earliest written code of ethics | Code of Hammurabi |
| Advocate | one who pleads the cause of another |
| Idealism | the practice of forming ideas or living under the influence of ideas |
| What agencies should a medical professional report abuse to? | Department of Health and Human Services |
