Chapter 7: Ethics and Professionalism

Question 1

what is ethics?

Answer 1

a system of moral principles or standards governing a person’s conduct.

Question 2

what is morals?

Answer 2

an individual’s beliefs, principles, and values about what is right and wrong

Question 3

what is medical ethics?

Answer 3

system of principles governing medical conduct; deals wi/ relationship of a PTA to the patient, the patient’s family, fellow health care providers, and society

Question 4

what are the physical therapy ethics?

Answer 4

policies from APTA; set standards of conduct that must be adhered to by the members of the APTA

Question 5

what is medical law?

Answer 5

establishment of social rules for conduct; violation of the law my create criminal and civil liability

Question 6

_____ shall comply w/ laws and regulations governing physical therapy, can also cause a violation of the statutory laws.

Answer 6

PTAs

Question 7

what are the biomedical ethical principles?

Answer 7

• beneficence
• nonmaleficence
• justice and veracity
• confidentiality
• autonomy

Question 8

______ emphasizes doing what is best for the patient.

Answer 8

beneficence

Question 9

_______ exhorts practitioners to not do anything that causes harm to the patient.

Answer 9

nonmaleficence

Question 10

_____ a health care provider distributes fair and equal treatment to every patient.

Answer 10

justice

Question 11

_____ binds the health care provider and the patient in a relationship to tell the truth.

Answer 11

veracity

Question 12

_____ requires the health care provider to maintain privacy by not sharing or divulging to a third party privileged or entrusted patient info.

Answer 12

confidentiality

Question 13

_____ acknowledges the right of the patient to have control over his or her own life including the right to decide who should have access to his/her info.

Answer 13

autonomy

Question 14

state and federal laws protecting patients’ confidentiality include?

Answer 14

• privacy rights
• medical records and licensing of health care providers
• protect sensitive information such as HIV test results, genetic screening information, drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitation, and mental health records

Question 15

HIPPA stands for? when did the act come to be?

Answer 15

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Question 16

What is PHI?

Answer 16

“Protected Health Information”

includes individually identifiable health information in any form, including information transmitted orally or in written or electronic form.

Question 17

what is cultural competence?

Answer 17

• an evolving process
• an acceptance and respect for differences
• a continuing self-assessment regarding culture
• vigilance toward the dynamics of differences ongoing expansion of cultural knowledge and resources adaptations to services

Question 18

what is professionalism in physical therapy?

Answer 18

a systematic and integrated set of core values that through assessment, critical reflection, and change guides the judgement, decisions, behaviors, and attitudes of the physical therapist, in relation to patients/clients, other professionals, the public and the profession.

Question 19

what are the APTA 7 core values? (For PTs)

Answer 19

• accountability
• altruism
• compassion/caring
• excellence
• integrity
• professional duty
• social responsibility

Question 20

what are the APTA 8 values-based behaviors for the physical therapist assistant?

Answer 20

• altruism
• caring and compassion
• continuing competence
• duty
• integrity
• PT/PTA collaboration
• responsibility
• social responsibility

Question 21

_____ primary regard for or devotion to the interest of the patient/client, assuming responsibility of placing the needs of the patient/client ahead of the PTAs self-interest.

Answer 21

altruism

Question 22

______: the desire to identify w/ or sense something of another’s experience; a precursor of caring.

_____: the concern, empathy, and consideration for the needs and values of others.

Answer 22

compassion

caring

Question 23

______ lifelong process of maintaining and documenting the competence through ongoing self-assessment, development, and implementation of a person learning plan, and subsequent reassessment.

Answer 23

continuing competence

Question 24

_____ commitment to meeting one’s obligations to provide effective PT service to individual patients/clients, to serve the profession, and to positively influence the health of society.

Answer 24

duty

Question 25

______ steadfast adherence to high ethical principles or standards; truthfulness, fairness, doing what you say you will do, and “speaking forth” about why you do what you do

Answer 25

integrity

Question 26

_______ working together within each partners respective role, to achieve optimal patient/client care and to enhance the overall delivery or PT services

Answer 26

PT/PTA collaboration

Question 27

_____ active acceptance of roles, obligations, and actions of the PTA, including behaviors that positively influence patient/client outcomes, the profession, and the health needs of society.

Answer 27

responsibility

Question 28

_____ promotion of mutual trust between the PTA as a member of the profession, and the larger public that necessitates responding to societal needs for health and wellness

Answer 28

social responsibility

Question 29

confidentiality is defined as an ethical principle that?

Answer 29

requires a health care provider to maintain privacy by not sharing or divulging to a third party privileged or entrusted patient information

Question 30

a PTA student in clinical rotation talking loudly about a patient while having lunch in the hospital cafeteria means: ?

Answer 30

• breaking the privacy rule
• disclosure of PHI
• divulging confidential information
• not applying reasonable safeguards