Apply medical ethics in a clinical setting.
Application should include behaviors such as
- ensuring patients' rights
- maintaining confidentiality
- exhibiting honesty in all transactions
- ensuring that medical procedures (e.g., medical asepsis, testing, and medical record-keeping) are carried out to the best of one's ability
- developing a plan for separation of personal and professional ethics.
Application should also include
- paying careful attention to stay within the scope of practice as a member of the medical team
- identifying the legality and/or ethics surrounding medical issues involved in current controversies.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is the difference between law and ethics?
- What is the purpose of a code of professional ethics? What ethical principles are medical assistants expected to uphold?
- What should a medical assistant do if he or she believes that a patient's rights have been violated?
- How can a medical assistant be sued for malpractice?
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