Deck 12: Professional Ethics

Question 1

A patient can dictate his or her end of life decisions in:

A) An advanced directive
B) An euthanasia directive
C) A durable power of attorney
D) All of the above

Answer 1

An advanced directive

Question 2

A living will or advanced directives is an example of which basic right?

A) Autonomy
B) Nonmaleficence
C) Informed consent
D) All of the above

Answer 2

Autonomy

Question 3

Self-determination is the sense of:

A) Ethics
B) Justice
C) Fidelity
D) Autonomy

Answer 3

Autonomy

Question 4

The concept of justice embodies:

A) Loyalty to a person
B) Do no harm to the patient
C) Health equity and fair distribution of resources
D) All of the above

Question 5

Hustad and Hustad warn that it is a grave ethical mistake to regard the term rights as a:

A) Privacy term
B) Political term
C) Fidelity term
D) None of the above

Question 6

To give informed consent to a procedure,a patient needs to trust that his or her right to which of the following has been honored?

A) Veracity
B) Full disclosure
C) Nonmaleficence
D) All of the above

Question 7

The absolute rules as the means to reach a decision are related to:

A) Justice for the patient
B) Deontology based on unchanging principles
C) Accepted practice that is reasonable in relationship to the circumstances
D) All of the above

Question 8

The right of nonmaleficence relates to:

A) Autonomy
B) Do no harm
C) Self-determination
D) Loyalty to individual

Question 9

Before a healthcare facility releases information to an insurance company,they need informed consent from the patient because of the patient's right to:

A) Justice
B) Fidelity
C) Privacy
D) Full disclosure

Question 10

To make a decision about a course of treatment,a patient needs which right from the doctor?

A) Justice
B) Privacy
C) Full disclosure
D) Informed consent

Question 11

The right associated with justice and fidelity is:

A) Veracity
B) Beneficence
C) Confidentiality
D) Self-determination

Question 12

The Human Genome Project has been a significant scientific achievement that provided new information on gene:

A) Function
B) Structure
C) Dysfunction
D) All of the above

Question 13

A patient-doctor relationship ensures that the doctor will not disclose information to the patient's relative without the patient agreeing to it because of the patient's right to:

A) Privacy
B) Beneficence
C) Informed consent
D) All of the above

Question 14

Another word for loyalty is the right of:

A) Justice
B) Fidelity
C) Self-determination
D) None of the above

Question 15

Rights are agreements that may be:

A) Ethical
B) Welfare
C) Option rights
D) All of the above