Practice Evidence, Ethics & Communication questions with answers and explanations.
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Confidentiality is protection of personal information from unauthorised disclosure.
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Clinical audit is a quality-improvement process comparing current practice against explicit standards.
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Randomisation is allocation by chance to reduce selection bias and balance known and unknown confounders.
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Autonomy is respect for a person’s right to make informed decisions about their own care.
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Beneficence is an ethical duty to promote the patient’s welfare.
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Non-maleficence is an ethical duty to avoid causing unnecessary harm.
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Justice is fair distribution of benefits, burdens and healthcare resources.
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Confidentiality is protection of personal information from unauthorised disclosure.
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Clinical audit is a quality-improvement process comparing current practice against explicit standards.
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Randomisation is allocation by chance to reduce selection bias and balance known and unknown confounders.
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Blinding is keeping participants, clinicians or assessors unaware of assignment to reduce bias.
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Confidence interval is a range of values compatible with the observed data under a stated confidence level.
