Health care ethics

1.Your personal integrity is challenged in which of the following?

Select one:

a. Ethical Distress

b. Ethical Theory

c. Ethical Dilemma

d. Locus of Authority Problem

2.The physician works with the patient to come up with a medical treatment plan.  This is an example of following which ethical principle?

Select one:

a. Beneficence

b. Non-maleficence

c. Autonomy

d. Veracity

e. Fidelity

3.Absolute standards that are considered less important than the requirements of a particular situation describe

Select one:

a. morality.

b. virtues.

c. community standards.

d. situational ethics.

4.You overhear a fellow student say to another colleague, “I just pretended to treat her.  She was sleeping and will never know the difference anyway.  It’s such a drag to have to treat someone who’s out of it.”  If you report this student it is considered

Select one:

a. whistle-blowing.

b. peer review.

c. organizational ethics.

d. policy enforcement.

5.The debate of physician-assisted suicide is an example of

Select one:

a. societal morality.

b. personal morality.

c. group morality.

d. institutional morality.

6.All ethical issues involving patient care also have administrative dimensions.

Select one:

a. True

b. False

7.Institutional policies provide guidance for all situations.

Select one:a. Trueb. False

8.An 18-month-old child presents to the clinic with a runny nose.  Since she is otherwise well, the immunizations due at 18 months are administered.  After she and her mother leave the clinic, you realize that the patient was in the clinic the week before and had also received immunizations then.  Which ethical principle is violated if you do not tell the parents about your mistake?

Select one:

a. Non-maleficence

b. Beneficence

c. Autonomy

d. Fidelity

e. Veracity

9.I have made a promise to someone else best describes

Select one:

a. non-maleficence.

b. beneficence.

c. autonomy.

d. fidelity.

e. veracity.

10.In the intensive care unit, you are working on a patient in a very unstable state.  The woman and her children (who were all killed) had been in an auto accident.  It is clear that further emotional trauma would be disastrous to the patient and may cause her death.  In a lucid moment, she looks at you and asks, “How are my children?”   The principle of non-maleficence is in conflict with which of the following ethical principles in this case?

Select one:

a. Veracity

b. Beneficencec. Autonomyd. Fidelity

11.A surgeon has been up 24 hours straight, performing emergency surgeries.  He has a non-emergency case scheduled first thing in the morning.  He is extremely fatigued and this scheduled case would require an additional six to eight hours of surgery.  Which of the following ethical principles could potentially be violated if he proceeded with the surgery as scheduled?

Select one:

a. Justice

b. Non-maleficencec. Autonomyd. Veracity

12.A good theory is able to explain everything about an ethical problem.

Select one:a. Trueb. False

13.The systematic, reasoned deliberation of values and the appropriateness of choices describes

Select one:

a. Morality

b. Ethics

c. Values

d. Virtues

14.Statements designed to establish formal and informal guidelines within the organization is/are

Select one:a. whistle-blowing.b. peer review.c. organizational ethics.

d. policies.

15.The goal of professional ethics is to arrive at a

Select one:

a. moral response.

b. value-driven response.

c. caring response.

d. prudent response.

16.Which of the following groups have unlimited access to the protected health information?

Select one:

a. Patients

b. Students in training

c. Physicians

d. Family members

17.I am in a position to harm someone best describes

Select one:a. non-maleficence.b. beneficence.c. autonomy.d. fidelity.e. veracity.

18.Which of the following does not enhance autonomy?

Select one:

a. Recommendations must consider both clinical facts and personal experience.

b. The physician makes the final decision of medical treatment.

c. Focus first on general goals, not technical ones.

d. Disagreements should initiate a process of mutual exchange.

19.Which of the following is not a way to enhance autonomy?

Select one:a. Recommendations must consider both clinical facts and personal experience.

b. The physican makes the final decision of medical treatment.

c. Focus first on general goals, not technical questions.

d. Disagreements should initiate a process of mutual exchange.

20.I have an opportunity to exercise my freedom in a situation is a description of

Select one:a. non-maleficence.b. beneficence.c. autonomy.d. fidelity.e. veracity.