Chapter 6 & 7 quiz

Question 1

What are the 5 Ethical Decision making Process?

Answer 1

1. Gathering relevant information
2. Identifying the types of ethical problems
3. Determining the ethics approach to use
4. Exploring the practical alternatives
5. Completing the action

Question 2

What is Autonomy?

Answer 2

every human being in adult years and of sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body. Right to Privacy

Question 3

What is Beneficence?

Answer 3

act for the good of the pt

Question 4

What is Non-Maleficence?

Answer 4

to do no harm

Question 5

What is Social Justice?

Answer 5

access to healthcare resources

Question 6

What is Distributive Justice?

Answer 6

concerns the nature of a socially just allocation (the action or process of allocating or distributing something) of goods in a society. A society in which incidental inequalities in outcome do not arise would be considered a society guided by the principles of distributive justice.

Question 7

Give an ethical Issue concerning Abortion with the 3 perspectives (autonomy, beneficence, distributive justice):

Answer 7

• Autonomy: the woman has the right to decide
• Beneficence: because the fetus cannot decide for itself those of us who can decide should make the decision
• Distributive Justice: if this procedure is legally available, that it should be available to all.

Question 8

What is Criminal Law?

Answer 8

a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.

Question 9

What is Civil Law?

Answer 9

the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.

Question 10

What are examples of Criminal law?

Answer 10

misdemeanors
felonies
treason

Question 11

What are examples of Civil Law?

Answer 11

tort law
contract law
administrative law

Question 12

What are the 3 parts that constitute a contract between a Physician and Pt?

Answer 12

1. the doc invites an offer by establishing his availability.
2. pt must accept the apt and makes and offer by arriving for treatment.
3. the doc accepts the pt offer by examining the pt and beginning treatment.

Question 13

What are the 4 D’s of negligence?

Answer 13

1. Duty
2. Dereliction
3. Direct Cause
4. Damages

Question 14

What is duty?

Answer 14

duty exist when the physician / pt relationship has been established. the pt has sought the assistance of the physician, and the physician has knowingly undertaken to provide the needed medical service.

Question 15

What is dereliction?

Answer 15

dereliction is failure to perform a duty. Proof must exist that the physician somehow neglected the duty to the pt.

Question 16

What is Direct Cause?

Answer 16

Proof must exist that the pt was harmed directly because of the physicians actions or failure to act and that the harm would not otherwise have occurred.

Question 17

What is Damages?

Answer 17

the pt must prove that a loss or harm has resulted from the physicians actions.

Question 18

What are the 2 types of consent?

Answer 18

Informed and Implied

Question 19

Explain and give an example of Informed consent:

Answer 19

permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits. Written and signed “contract” paper.

Question 20

Explain and give an example of Implied consent:

Answer 20

is consent which is not expressly granted by a person, but rather inferred from a person’s actions and the facts and circumstances of a particular situation (or in some cases, by a person’s silence or inaction). When a pt offers an arm for a phlebotomy procedure.

Question 21

List the 5 types of Damages:

Answer 21

1. nominal
2. punitive
3. compensatory
4. general
5. special

Question 22

define nominal damages

Answer 22

no harm was done

Question 23

define punitive damages

Answer 23

to punish for wrongdoing

Question 24

define compensatory damages

Answer 24

compensation for loss of income

Question 25

define general damages

Answer 25

pain and suffering

Question 26

define special damages

Answer 26

wasn't the doctors fault

Question 27

Give the 8 Patient bill of rights:

Answer 27

1. information disclosure 2. choice of providers 3. access to er services 4. participate in treatment decisions 5. respect of non discrimination 6. confidentiality of health info 7. complaints and appeals 8. consumer responsibilities pt are responsible for their own healthcare advocate for own healthcare

Question 28

define subpoena:

Answer 28

a writ or document commanding/ordering a person to appear in court under penalty for failure to appear.

Question 29

define reasonable doubt:

Answer 29

Doubt based on reason and arising from evidence or lack of evidence; it is not doubt that is imagined or conjured up, but doubt that what cause reasonable persons to hesitate before acting.

Question 30

define guardian ad litem:

Answer 30

(GAL) is a person the court appoints to represent the best interests of a child in a divorce or parental rights and responsibilities case.

Question 31

define abandonment:

Answer 31

to withdraw protection or support; in medicine, to discontinue medical care without proper notice after accepting a patient

Question 32

What does HIPAA stand for?

Answer 32

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 33

What does OSHA stand for?

Answer 33

Occupational Safety and Health Act

Question 34

What does ADA stand for?

Answer 34

American with Disabilities Act

Question 35

What are the reasonable standards of care?

Answer 35

1. your duties and responsibilities contribute to ensuring a reasonable standard of care is delivered. remember accuracy , communication, and confirmation is essential. 2. abandonment 3. keeping pt informed of the progress of their care treatment options., possible risks and benefits, and realistic expectations

Question 36

What is the main job of OSHA

Answer 36

to protect against blood-borne pathogens

Question 37

What are virtue ethics?

Answer 37

any moral theory that takes the first question as primary is virtue ethics theory. Virtue ethics is currently one of three major approaches in normative ethics. It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach which emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that which emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism).

Question 38

What are the 3 questions in Virtue Ethics?

Answer 38

1. How does one know what to do in a particular circumstance? 2. What makes a virtue good? 3. Is there an essential human nature or stable character?