Public Health Law + Ethics

Question 1

public health law

Answer 1

legal powers and duties of the state to assure conditions for health;

limitations on the power of the state to constrain the autonomy, privacy, liberty, proprietary of individuals for public health

Question 2

autonomy

Answer 2

free from external influence

Question 3

4th amendment

Answer 3

protects against unreasonable searches and seizures (except for licensed businesses)

Question 4

federalism

Answer 4

power is shared between federal and state

Question 5

federal preemption

Answer 5

federal law has precedence over state or local law

Question 6

police powers

Answer 6

powers exercised by states to:

• enact laws and regulations
• protect and promote public health

Question 7

home rule

Answer 7

gives local officials the ability to enact ordinances or regulations that specific to the community, not otherwise prohibited

Question 8

vaccinations: public vs. individual rights

Answer 8

public: reduce vaccine preventable disease
individual: religious freedom (1st Amendments); parental autonomy

Question 9

helmet laws: public vs. individual rights

Answer 9

public: reduce death and injury
individual: personal freedoms - Jeb Bush

Question 10

flu vaccine mandate for health workers: public vs. individual rights

Answer 10

public: controlling flu outbreaks
individual: due process (5th & 14th amendments); freedom of religious (1st Amendment)

Question 11

quarantine/isolation: public vs. individual rights

Answer 11

public: infectious disease control
individual: freedom of movement; due process (5th & 14th amendment)

Question 12

gun ban: public vs. individual rights

Answer 12

public: controlling gun violence
individual: 2nd amendment right to keep and bear arms

Question 13

privacy

Answer 13

control over extent, timing, and circumstances of sharing PHI

Question 14

security

Answer 14

practices, policies, and procedures created to protect a person’s PHI

Question 15

confidentiality

Answer 15

patient disclosing information in a relationship of trust

Question 16

Belmont Report Principles

Answer 16

1. Respect for persons
2. Beneficence
3. Justice

Question 17

respect for persons

Answer 17

treat subjects as autonomous agents;

informed consent, free from coercion

Question 18

beneficence

Answer 18

protecting subject well-being;

ensuring benefits outweigh the risks

Question 19

distributive justice

Answer 19

burdens distributed fairly

Question 20

procedural justice

Answer 20

participate in decisions

Question 21

utilitarianism

Answer 21

greatest good for greatest number

Question 22

communitarianism

Answer 22

no one person and community can be self-determining

Question 23

liberalism

Answer 23

individual rights and freedom to choose

Question 24

Ethic of community planning (3)

Answer 24

1. priority setting
2. reciprocity
3. transparency

Question 25

priority setting

Answer 25

involves community in decisions related to allocation of scarce resources

Question 26

reciprocity

Answer 26

listening and speaking to the community

Question 27

transparency

Answer 27

not hiding information

Question 28

fiduciary duty

Answer 28

serving the public’s trust