ETHICS 4

Question 1

the physician-patient relationship is based in ______?

Answer 1

a personal trust that binds them together.

Question 2

why do patients seek the physician’s medical help

Answer 2

because he trusts him, and so the physician is deemed to respect and honor this trust in return.

Question 3

two approaches to truth telling

Answer 3

1. person-oriented approach
2. problem-oriented approach

Question 4

Considers the patient as a person with a problem, but not as a problem himself

Answer 4

person-oriented approach

Question 5

Gives importance to the patient’s
problem, illness, or condition.

Answer 5

problem-oriented approach

Question 6

TWOFOLD APPROACH: 2 types of relationship

Answer 6

1. I-it relationship
2. I-thou relationship

Question 7

what is I-it relationship

Answer 7

person to object; you can manipulate things

Question 8

what is I-thou relationship

Answer 8

person to person; you can’t manipulate without their consent

Question 9

Determined by our attitude to what is other than ourselves

Answer 9

I-it relationship

Question 10

what is taken away from us if we
are denied the truth about our condition as patient

Answer 10

our human and moral quality as persons

Question 11

As patients, we have entrusted to the healthcare professional any knowledge he has about ourselves so the facts are ours and not his- hence, ?

Answer 11

to deny them to us is to
steal from us

Question 12

what is the physician-patient
relationship based on

Answer 12

mutual confidence and respect for
each other’s rights

Question 13

To deny a patient pertinent knowledge about himself, especially in a life-and-death
situation is like- ?

Answer 13

giving him less time to process his condition

Question 14

“to trust” in Latin

Answer 14

confidere

Question 15

refers to medical or
professional secrecy in which certain information is committed to a physician in an official capacity for the sake of the medical assistance.

Answer 15

confidentiality

Question 16

Hippocratic Oath

Answer 16

whatever i see or hear, professionally or privately, which ought not to be divulged, i will keep secret and tell no one

Question 17

when does the moral issue of confidentiality arise

Answer 17

when there is a conflict between patient’s interest and society’s interest

Question 18

confidentiality is absolute

Answer 18

false

Question 19

when can confidentiality be violated

Answer 19

if it is necessary to produce conditions which will bring about happiness and well-being

Question 20

Utilitarian moral principle

Answer 20

confidentiality

Question 21

utilitarian moral principle

Answer 21

An act is good insofar as it will produce the greatest benefits or happiness for the greatest number of individuals