4th Principles of Medical Practice Exam (Batch 2025) Flashcards
1
Q
- In Pediatrics Bioethics, autonomy driven framework of adult medical ethics is replaced by:
a. Beneficient paternalism
b. Informed Consent
c. Assent
d. Dissent
A
a. Beneficient paternalism
2
Q
- This refers to a child’s affirmative agreement to a procedure or treatment
a. Dissent
b. Assent
c. Informed Consent
d. Disagreement
A
b. Assent
3
Q
- The following are part of Pediatrics Bioethics, except?
a. Care of disable newborns
b. Assent and Parental consent
c. Geriatric care
d. Research
A
c. Geriatric care
4
Q
- Pediatrics Bioethics is unique because of the fiduciary obligation for the best interest of the child depends on:
a. Relatives
b. Pediatricians
c. Parents
d. Grandparents
A
b. Pediatricians
5
Q
- An assent is best obtained from?
a. 10 month old infant
b. 6 year old boy
c. 4 year old girl
d. 16 year old girl
A
d. 16 year old girl
6
Q
- Capacity for informed decision making in healthcare involves?
a. Ability to reason
b. Ability to read
c. Ability to write
d. Ability to argue
A
a. Ability to reason
7
Q
- The following are aspects of family centered approach, except?
a. Dependence and vulnerability of the child
b. Child’s developing capacity for decision making
c. Complex nature of parent-child relationships
d. None of the above
A
d. None of the above
8
Q
- What should physicians do when they override
the dissent of a child?
a. Explain the procedure to the patient child
b. Apologize to the patient child
c. Reason out to the patient child
d. Ignore the patient child
A
b. Apologize to the patient child
9
Q
- The doctrine of informed consent has limited direct application to children and adolescents.
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
10
Q
- The pediatric ethics require pediatricians to override a child’s dissent when a proposed intervention is essential to his welfare.
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
11
Q
- Children’s participation in decision making in healthcare is complex because parents are careless towards their interests.
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
12
Q
- Pediatrics bioethics is autonomy driven
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
13
Q
- A seventeen year old female can already give an informed consent
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
14
Q
- Parental authority in children is absolute.
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
15
Q
- Research in involving aborted fetuses in the Philippines is acceptable
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
16
Q
- It is not the duty of the pediatrician to report abuse or neglect to authorities
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
17
Q
- Kathy, a 17 year old girl had many sexual partners and was infected recently with a sexually transmitted disease. She begged of you not to tell her parents about her illness.
Choose the best decision for this scenario.
a. You will not tell her parents
b. You will tell her parents in secret
c. You will tell her parents only after informing her
d. You will tell her parents immediately
A
c. You will tell her parents only after
informing her
18
Q
- Josh, a 14 year old patient diagnosed to have osteosarcoma on his right leg and needed an amputation, however he expressed that he would rather die than go through the procedure.
a. Proceed with the procedure immediately even without his assent
b. Let the parents decide themselves
c. Request a family conference to
discuss his diagnosis and procedure
d. Ask them to transfer to another institution
A
c. Request a family conference to
discuss his diagnosis and procedure
19
Q
- Which of the following makes a pediatric patient unqualified for autonomy?
a. Cannot communicate relevant questions
b. Not able to read or write
c. Can choose the flavor of his medications
d. Can refuse therapy as suggested by wailing
A
a. Cannot communicate relevant questions
20
Q
- When should the pediatrician defer the decision to the parents?
a. When the benefit of the procedure clearly outweighs the risk
b. When the risk of harm after the procedure is pronounced
c. When the balance of the risk and benefit is not clear
d. None of the above
A
c. When the balance of the risk and benefit is not clear
21
Q
- Doctor acts as a guide, not as the source of knowledge
a. Catharsis
b. Insight
c. Action
A
c. Action
22
Q
- Challenge or confront
a. Catharsis
b. Insight
c. Action
A
b. Insight
23
Q
- Clarification of Points
a. Catharsis
b. Insight
c. Action
A
a. Catharsis
24
Q
- Suspension of judgment
a. Catharsis
b. Insight
c. Action
A
a. Catharsis
25
Q
- Ventilation of feelings by the patient
a. Catharsis
b. Insight
c. Action
A
a. Catharsis
26
Q
- “You seem to be in a lot pain.”
a. Reflecting Content
b. Reflecting Experience
c. Focusing
d. Probing
A
b. Reflecting Experience
27
Q
- Let’s go back to what you mentioned earlier about your Father
a. Reflecting Content
b. Reflecting Experience
c. Focusing
d. Probing
A
c. Focusing
28
Q
- Paraphrasing what the patient understands about the disease
a. Reflecting Content
b. Reflecting Experience
c. Focusing
d. Probing
A
a. Reflecting Content
29
Q
- “How does that make you feel?”
a. Reflecting Content
b. Reflecting Experience
c. Focusing
d. Probing
A
d. Probing
30
Q
- The goal of palliative care is the achievement of a longer life for patients
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
31
Q
- Many aspects of palliative care are also applicable earlier in the course of the illness, in conjunction with anticancer treatment
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
32
Q
- Palliative Care neither hastens nor postpones
death
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
33
Q
- Radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery have
a place in palliative care
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
34
Q
- Hospice Care cannot happen in the hospital
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
35
Q
- In Palliative Care, investigative procedures are kept to a minimum
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
36
Q
- For mild to moderate pain, opioids are the drug of choice
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
37
Q
- Parenteral feeding is preferred in palliative care when anorexia is present
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
38
Q
- Antibiotics are contraindicated in patients who can no longer be cured
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
39
Q
- Third’s solution is used for the treatment of dyspnea
a. True
b. False
A
b. False
40
Q
- All infants are incompetent, but not all 90 year olds.
a. True
b. False
A
a. True