Ethics Flashcards

1
Q

True or false: Once patients sign a statement giving consent, they must continue tx.

A

False. Pts may change their minds at any time. Exceptions to the requirement of informed consent include emergency situation and patients without decision-making capacity.

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A 15 y/o pregnant girl requires hospitalization for preeclampsia. Is parental consent required?

A

No. Parental consent is not necessary for the medical tx of pregnant minors.

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3
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A doctor refers a patient for an MRI at a facility he/she owns

A

Conflict of interest

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4
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Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization can be undertaken for which 3 reasons?

A

The pt is a danger to self, a danger to others, or gravely disabled (unable to provide for basic needs)

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5
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True or False: It is more difficult to justify the withdrawal of futile care than to have withheld the tx in the first place.

A

False. Withdrawing a nonbeneficial tx is ethically similar to withholding a nonindicated one.

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Q

A mother refuses to allow her child to be vaccinated.

A

A parent has the right to refuse tx for his/her child as long as it does not pose a serious threat to the well-being of the child.

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When can a physician refuse to continue treating a patient on the grounds of futility?

A

When there is no rationale for tx, maximal intervention is failing, a given intervention has already failed, and tx will not achieve the goals of care.

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An 8 y/o child is in a serious accident. She requires an emergent transfusion, but her parents are not present.

A

Tx immediately. Consent is implied in emergency situations.

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A 15 y/o girl seeking treatment for an STD asks that her parents not be told about her condition.

A

Minors may consent to care for STDs without parental consent or knowledge.

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Conditions in which confidentiality must be overriden.

A

Real threat of harm to third parties; suicidal intentions; certain contagious dzs; elder and child abuse

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11
Q

Involuntary commitment or isolation for medical tx may be undertaken for what reason?

A

When tx noncompliance represents a serious danger in public health (eg, active TB)

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12
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A 10 y/o child presents in status epilepticus, but her parents refuse tx on religious grounds.

A

Tx because the dz represents an immediate threat to the child’s life. Then seek a court order.

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A son asks that his mother not be told about her recently discovered cancer.

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A physician can withhold information from the patient only in the rare case of therapeutic privilege or if the patient requests not to be told. A patient’s family cannot require the physician to withhold information from the pt.

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