Decision Making Ch3

Question 1

All of the following are elements of a torte, EXCEPT:

Answer 1

the existence of a legal duty owing from plaintiff to defendant

Question 2

_____ is the decision-making system that calls for the individual to think about what a “good practitioner” would do when making a decision.

Answer 2

Virtue ethics

Question 3

A written violation of a patient’s right to privacy that may result in a charge of defamation of character being filed against a health care provider is termed

Answer 3

Libel

Question 4

The doctrine of ____ means “the thing speaks for itself.”

Answer 4

Res ipsa loquitur

Question 5

Kantian ethics is a form of___ reasoning

Answer 5

Duty-oriented

Question 6

For the ____ ethicists, the basic rightness or wrongness of an act depends on the intrinsic nature of the act itself.

Answer 6

Duty-oriented

Question 7

Assault and battery differ from each other in that_____ is committed without physical contact, such as someone verbally cursing and threatening.

Answer 7

Assault

Question 8

means “let the master answer.”

Answer 8

Respondeat superior

Question 9

The “categorical imperative” is part Of ____ ethics

Answer 9

Kantian

Question 10

____ is a form of utilitarianism that holds that an action can be deemed to be right if it conforms to a rule that has been validated by the principle of utility.

Answer 10

Rule utilitarianism