Deck 11: Ethical Issues in Health Communication

Question 1

Performing surgery on a patient (which could cause the patient acute discomfort but long-term health) is one way that doctors follow which principle of medical ethics?

A) Beneficence
B) Justice
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Respect for autonomy

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Not following the policies for allocating donated organs violates which principle of medical ethics?

A) Beneficence
B) Justice
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Respect for autonomy

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Not allowing a father to give his only kidney to his dying daughter who needs a kidney transplant upholds which of the following principle of medical ethics?

A) Beneficence
B) Justice
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Respect for autonomy

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Performing unconsented gynecological exams (most clearly) violates which principle of medical ethics?

A) Beneficence
B) Justice
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Respect for autonomy

Question 5

Informed consent is rooted in which medical principle?

A) Beneficence
B) Justice
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Respect for autonomy

Question 6

Which of the following research experiments involved withholding treatment for men with syphilis?

A) Tuskeegee
B) Willowbrook
C) Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital
D) Philadelphia

Question 7

Which of the following research experiments involved feeding young children poop in order to examine the development of the hepatitis virus?

A) Tuskeegee
B) Willowbrook
C) Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital
D) Philadelphia

Question 8

Which of the following research experiments involved injected elderly patients with live cancer cells without their knowledge?

A) Tuskeegee
B) Willowbrook
C) Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital
D) Philadelphia

Question 9

Which kind of organ donation system does the United States have?

A) Opt-in
B) Opt-out
C) Mandated choice
D) Open choice

Question 10

How many Americans have an advance directive?

A) 1 in 2
B) 1 in 3
C) 1 in 4
D) 1 in 5

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of the four recommendations for adult children talking with parents about end-of-life health decision making?

A) Use someone else's experience to begin a discussion.
B) Discuss general end-of-life values.
C) Obtain a list of specific wishes.
D) Keep your relationship in mind.
E) Talk early, and talk often.

Question 12

About how many Americans support organ donation?

A) 0.95
B) 0.85
C) 0.75
D) 0.65
E) 0.55

Question 13

About how many Americans have signed up to become an organ donor?

A) 0.93
B) 0.83
C) 0.73
D) 0.63
E) 0.53

Question 14

A patient's wish is to give his dying daughter his only good kidney to save her life (but it will lead to his own death). Which medical principles are relevant in making this decision?

A) Beneficence
B) Justice
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Respect for autonomy

Question 15

The medical principle of respect for persons means that healthcare providers should try to uphold a patient's desire to receive the treatment the patient desires.

Question 16

According to the principle of respect for persons, a person has the right to whatever treatment he or she chooses.

Question 17

In some states, it is legal to give a woman an unconsented gynecological exam.

Question 18

According to the principle of informed consent, as a recent case in Ohio illustrates, having sex with a person so drunk that she or he does not have the capacity to say "no" is considered rape.

Question 19

Most informed consent documents meet the standards for providing informed consent.

Question 20

In the famous case study of Margo (the woman who needs antibiotics to live), Margo has decision-making capacity.

Question 21

Which principle of medical ethics do you think should receive highest priority in making health decisions? Which principle should receive lowest priority? Why?

Question 22

What are the criteria for giving informed consent for medical treatment or medical research participation?

Question 23

What is an advance directive, and what are several reasons why advance directives are not always effective? What is a better alternative to advance directives?

Question 24

How can communication research help improve organ donation rates?