A subjective feeling about what is right or wrong, in psychiatric medicine is said to be

Appeared in: JIPMER Nursing Officer-2017

Explanation

Values are defined as personal, subjective beliefs and feelings about what is right or wrong.
In psychiatry, understanding a patient's values is crucial because these feelings guide their behavior, decisions, and coping mechanisms.
Unlike morality, which is often societal, values are highly individual and form a person's internal frame of reference.
The term specifically captures the 'subjective feeling' aspect mentioned in the question stem.

Why Other Options Were Wrong

Option B: Morality refers to a broader, often socially or culturally defined system of principles for conduct, rather than an individual's subjective feeling.
Option C: Religion is an organized system of faith, worship, and beliefs. While it strongly influences a person's values, it is not the subjective feeling itself.
Option D: Bioethics is the academic study of ethical issues in medicine and biology. It is a formal discipline, not a personal feeling.

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Clinical Relevance

Nursing practice connection: This is primarily an exam-oriented knowledge point with limited direct bedside application, so retain Ethical and Value-Based Concepts in Psychiatric Nursing as background academic context rather than a clinical decision trigger.
A core nursing responsibility is to practice values clarification, a process of helping patients understand their own value systems to facilitate informed decision-making that aligns with their beliefs.
Nurses must be aware of their own values to avoid imposing them on patients, which is a violation of ethical principles and can damage the therapeutic relationship.
What if a patient's values (e.g., based on religious beliefs) conflict with a life-saving treatment? The nurse's role is not to persuade but to ensure the patient is fully informed, facilitate communication with the healthcare team, and advocate for the patient's autonomous decision.

How to Approach the Question

First, identify the core concept in the question stem. The key phrase here is 'subjective feeling about what is right or wrong'.
Evaluate each option based on this key phrase.
Recognize that 'Values' are inherently personal and subjective beliefs.
Contrast this with 'Morality,' which implies a more external, societal standard.
'Religion' is a formal belief system, and 'Bioethics' is an academic field; neither represents a personal 'feeling'.
Therefore, 'Values' is the term that best fits the definition of a subjective feeling about right and wrong.

Concept Tested & Keywords

Concept Tested: Ethical and Value-Based Concepts in Psychiatric Nursing
Stem keywords: subjective feeling, right or wrong, psychiatric medicine
Lead-in keywords: is said to be
Negative lead-in flag: false

Question ID

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Reference Book

E6 Robert Boland, Marcia L. Verduin - Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Text of Psychiatry-Wolters Kluwer Health (2024) (pp 1-16525 of 16525) pp. 15033-15035, 15028-15030

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