Final

Question 1

Assent

Answer 1

The caregiver must discern what the person wants with regards to decisions that profoundly affects his or her life.Is a term that arose to cover situations where a person is not in a position for his or her consent to be legally honoured

Question 2

Placebo

Answer 2

A pure pharmacologic placebo is a preparation of inert substance that is not known to have pharmacological effect.An impure pharmacologic placebo is an active drug given for its psychological effect , even if it has no direct effect on the disorder in question e.g. Prescribing an antibiotic for a common cold or viral infection

Question 3

Micro allocation

Answer 3

The micro-allocation of scarce medical resources is a medical ethics topic that concerns itself with making choices as to how limited funds will be spent, or how scarce resources will be allocated, when there is an insufficient supply given the demand

Question 4

Communitarian approach

Answer 4

This has the advantage of allowing not only the community’s voice to have a say in setting the values for public health but also more formally the development of a constitution on which public health might then be built. It also sees public health as a social institution which can be valued in its own right.

Question 5

Altruism

Answer 5

unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of othersbehavior by an animal that is not beneficial to or may be harmful to itself but that benefits others of its species

Question 6

Reciprocity Ethics

Answer 6

The Golden Rule is arguably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights, in which each individual has a right to just treatment, and a reciprocal responsibility to ensure justice for others

Question 7

Labelling

Answer 7

Labeling theory is based on the idea that behaviors are deviant only when society labels them as deviant.

Question 8

Vulnerable or vulnerable population

Answer 8

Vulnerable populations can be defined broadly to include any individual, group, or community whose circumstances present barriers to obtaining or understanding information or to access resources offered before, during and after a disaster event.

Question 9

Stigma

Answer 9

a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect or disease: the stigmata of leprosy.
a place or point on the skin that bleeds during certain mental states, as in hysteria.

Question 10

Workmans compensation

Answer 10

is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence.