Legal & Ethical Guidelines for Safe Practice

Question 1

Distribute resources or care equally. Care for all regardless of insurance or ability to pay.

a. ) Beneficence
b. ) Autonomy
c. ) Justice
d. ) Fidelity
e. ) Veracity

Answer 1

c.) Justice

Question 2

Nonmaleficence.

a. ) Beneficence
b. ) Autonomy
c. ) Justice
d. ) Fidelity
e. ) Veracity

Answer 2

d.) Fidelity

Question 3

The duty to promote good. Protecting clients from harm.

a. ) Beneficence
b. ) Autonomy
c. ) Justice
d. ) Fidelity
e. ) Veracity

Answer 3

a.) Beneficence

Question 4

Maintaining loyalty and committment to duties and obligations, helpful actions, and providing evidence based care.

a. ) Beneficence
b. ) Autonomy
c. ) Justice
d. ) Fidelity
e. ) Veracity

Answer 4

d.) Fidelity

Question 5

One’s duty to communicate truthfully.

a. ) Beneficence
b. ) Autonomy
c. ) Justice
d. ) Fidelity
e. ) Veracity

Answer 5

e.) Veracity

Question 6

Providing information, helping clients understand, and/or supporting their choices.

a. ) Beneficence
b. ) Autonomy
c. ) Justice
d. ) Fidelity
e. ) Veracity

Answer 6

b.) Autonomy

Question 7

If a client believes they are being held unjustly, they have the right to due process. What is this called?

Answer 7

Writ of habeas corpus

Question 8

Which individual with mental illness may need involuntary hospitalization?

a. ) A person with alcoholism who has been sober for 6 months but begins drinking again.
b. ) An individual with bipolar disorder, manic phase, who has not eaten in 4 days.
c. ) An individual with schizophrenia who stops taking prescribed antipsychotic drugs.
d. ) Someone who repeatedly phones a national TV broadcasting service with news tips.

Answer 8

b.) An individual with bipolar disorder, manic phase, who has not eaten in 4 days.

Question 9

If a patient poses a threat to himself or others, he may have to take medication without giving consent. What court decision was this called?

Answer 9

Reise hearing (California)