Privacy
Privacy is the right that individual have to protect and control the access that others have to information about themselves....
Fair distribution of workload
In focusing on distribution of workloads, we look to the contributions that various individuals or groups make to social functioning....
Purpose of ethics consultation
he purpose of ethics consultation is to provide support to patients, families, health care teams, and others who are working through ethically challenging situations. ...
Reciprocity
Reciprocity recognizes mutual dependency and vulnerability....
Relevant comparisons
In ethics consultations and in dealing with ethical issues as they arise in health care practice, we often draw on reasoning used in previous situations....
Fair distribution of risk
In focusing on distribution of risk, we look to see which individuals or groups have a greater likelihood of being harmed given their position....
Ethically relevant differences
Ethically relevant differences are aspects of context or facts of the matter that shift the values that we think to be applicable to deciding a course of action. These are essential in determining whether or not justice has been achieved in that particular situation....
Resource allocation
The allocation of health care resources is possibly the most significant ethical challenge in health care, although it is not often perceived as such by the general public. ...
Solidarity
The value of solidarity acknowledges the interdependence of human beings upon each other and that cooperation is in the interests of individuals in achieving their various ends. ...