Chapter 4 Review Questions Flashcards
Autonomy involves which of the following?
a. informed consent
b. the self
c. patient rights
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Informed consent should include the following:
diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, risks, alternatives, costs, rules, duration of incapacitation, names of persons performing procedure
Why is two-way communication between patients and imaging professionals important in imaging services?
feedback to ensure the patient’s understanding of the procedure and opportunity to question
Should the imaging professional be responsible for the informed consent process? Explain.
the imaging professional may have a limited role in the informed consent process, but it is the physician’s duty to provide the information about the procedure for the informed consent
Define the following terms:
a. competence
b. surrogacy
a. competence - the ability to make decisions concerning one’s life
b. surrogacy - the appointment of a person to make decisions for another
Paternalism is defined as which of the following?
a. motherlike caretaking
b. fatherlike (God-like) caretaking
c. necessary
d. none of the above
b. fatherlike (God-like) caretaking
Define therapeutic privilege.
a prerogative invoked in limited circumstances when health care providers withhold information from a patient because they believe the information would have adverse effects on the patient’s condition or health
Describe three conditions in which emergency situations may alter the informed consent process:
a. the patient must be incapable of giving consent and no lawful surrogate is available
b. danger to like or a risk of serious impairment to health is apparent
c. immediate treatment is necessary to avert these dangers
T/F: Combining the prudent person rule and the subjective substantial disclosure rule in most cases provides the information the patient needs to make informed decisions.
true
T/F: Respect for the autonomy of the patient includes the ability of the patient to make choices.
true
T/F: Surrogacy is not an issue in respecting the patient’s autonomy.
false
T/F: Truly informed consent may not be possible.
true
T/F: Intentional torts can occur only if the perpetrator of the tort intends to do harm.
false
T/F: Assault occurs when the victim is touched without giving consent.
true
T/F: Battery cannot be found if the touching to which the patient has not consented is for the good of the patient.
false
T/F: Immobilization devices used in the imaging department are considered restraints.
false
T/F: Use of restraints of patients by imaging professional’s best tool to decrease risk of litigation for assault, battery, and false imprisonment.
false
T/F: Communication is the imaging professional’s best tool to decrease risk of litigation for assault, battery, and false imprisonment.
true
T/F: The legal duty to obtain informed consent lies with the imaging professional.
false
T/F: Informed consent need not be given if an imaging professional does not feel the patient wants to know about he procedure.
false
T/F: The duty of informed consent lies with physicians, so imaging professionals do not need to concern themselves.
false
T/F: Consent forms may be used to obtain consent instead of an explanation of the procedure and its risks.
false
List three reasons the seven points of respect for the autonomy of the patient are valuable tools in ethical and legal problem solving.
determine patient competency, determine whether patient has given consent, determine if patient needs a surrogate, determine whether patient has advance directive, determine whether patient can cooperate and make choices
T/F: For informed consent to be legally recognized, a patient’s signature on the form is sufficient.
false
T/F: The professional standard of information consent requires a physician to disclose the risks that a reasonable and prudent medical practitioner would disclose under the same or similar circumstances.
true
T/F: The lay standard of informed consent measures the physician’s disclosure duty by the patient’s need for information rather than by the standards of the medical professional.
true
T/F: An imaging professional does not need to be concerned with the law regarding informed consent in his or her jurisdiction, as long as the form is signed.
false
