Medical Law Final study

Question 1

Unethical behavior is always

Answer 1

unacceptable

Question 2

A pledge for physicians that remains influential today is _

Answer 2

Hippocratic oath

Question 3

A precedent is a(n)

Answer 3

case that serves as a model for future cases

Question 4

An attorney files a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial. This is called _

Answer 4

summary judgment

Question 5

Written codes of ethics for health care practitioners _

Answer 5

evolved primarily to serve as moral guidelines for those who provide care.

Question 6

Another term for legal responsibility is _

Answer 6

liability

Question 7

What do professional organizations create to govern their members?

Answer 7

Codes of ethics

Question 8

The defendant in a lawsuit is the _

Answer 8

party against whom criminal or civil charges have been filed

Question 9

A medical-surgical nurse is going off shift and giving her report to the nurse coming on duty. She is clearly and accurately describing the conditions of the patients she cared for during her shift. This is an example of what skill?

Answer 9

People skills

Question 10

Etiquette rules used in the workplace are called_

Answer 10

protocol

Question 11

A student medical assistant doing his or her internship in a physician’s office refuses to wipe up a spilled drink in the exam room hallway because he or she believes housekeeping is not part of his or her job description. The student is demonstrating the absence of which quality deemed necessary for successful health care practitioners?

Answer 11

Common sense

Question 12

Bioethics is concerned with _

Answer 12

ethical implications of biological research methods and results

Question 13

Which of the following is a synonym for “good manners”?

Answer 13

Etiquette

Question 14

What is the purpose of formalized codes of ethics in the health care professions?

Answer 14

To increase the competence within the profession

Question 15

Ethics may be defined as _

Answer 15

principles, standards, and a guide to conduct

Question 16

A radiology technician approaches a new patient and states, “I am Jennifer and I will be taking care of you today.” Which of the three “Cs” is an example of this?

Answer 16

Courtesy

Question 17

Lawrence Kohlberg modified and expanded Piaget’s work, laying the groundwork for modern studies on moral development. On which of the following tenets did the two disagree?

Answer 17

That the process of moral maturity took longer than 12 years

Question 18

Which of the following is known as a B-need in Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs?

Answer 18

A medical assistant needs to be respected by his/her fellow medical assistants

Question 19

A lab technician is speaking loudly about the reason a patient is having a blood test outside the patient’s door. What principle of health care ethics has the tech violated?

Answer 19

Confidentiality

Question 20

What basic flaw do critics cite as the major problem with using value ethics as a decision-making tool?

Answer 20

The past may not provide the right answer

Question 21

A doctor prescribes a placebo for a patient who he feels is complaining of pain that is not there. This is an example of a violation of what principle of health care ethics?

Answer 21

Veracity

Question 22

A patient who was injured in a fall in a health care facility due to the negligence of the nurse is filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. Which ethical principle applies in this situation?

Answer 22

Justice

Question 23

A person who makes a commitment to universal principles such as social justice, equal rights, and respect for the dignity of all people is in what stage of Kohlberg’s developmental theory?

Answer 23

Postconventional morality, Stage 2

Question 24

A nurse manager determines the work shifts for the staff based on a predetermined health care facility guidelines. This is an example of what type of decision making?

Answer 24

Rule-utilitarianism

Question 25

A housekeeper at a local hospital has worked her way up to housekeeping supervisor. But as she thinks about her future, she realizes that she only works to be recognized and have responsibility. She determines that she is not recognized for her work and decides to go to a nursing school. At what stage might she be in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

Answer 25

Esteem stage

Question 26

A child tells a nurse that he stole money from his mother’s purse because he needed to buy some candy. He also states that he knows what he did was wrong and will not do it again. Based on this conversation, what stage of moral development would this child be experiencing?

Answer 26

formal operational stage

Question 27

Jean Piaget is one of the most famous researchers in value development. How did Piaget formulate that there are four levels of moral development?

Answer 27

By observing children at play

Question 28

In Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, the need for basic life (food, shelter), a safe environment, and to belong and be loved are designated “D” needs. What does “D” stand for?

Answer 28

Deficiency

Question 29

An x-ray technician witnesses a nurse diagnosing a medical problem for a patient. Which of the seven principles of health care ethics has this nurse violated?

Answer 29

Role fidelity

Question 30

When using the utilitarianism method of problem solving, which of the following do proponents of this method indicate should be the solution of choice?

Answer 30

The solution that provides happiness over pain for those involved

Question 31

A physician running a busy practice makes decisions for his employees on a regular basis. The physician would describe himself as a “moral man with common sense, a sense of justice, and courage who makes the right decisions in life by focusing on these moral traits.” What theory of decision making is being employed by this physician?

Answer 31

Virtue ethics

Question 32

A hospital administrator makes a decision to shut down a wing due to budget cuts even though some people will lose their jobs. The decision is based on results that will produce the greatest balance of good over evil, everyone considered. What type of framework is the administrator employing to make this value decision?

Answer 32

Act-utilitarianism