Quiz 1 Questions

Question 1

Name the pledge for physicians that remain influential today

Answer 1

Hippocratic oath

Question 2

What are bioethics concerned with?

Answer 2

Ethical implications of biological research, methods and results

Question 3

A medical assistant greets a patient who appears to be upset. Hello, I am Joanne, your medical assistant, you appear upset today how can I help you? This is an example of.

Answer 3

Empathy

Question 4

An illegal act is almost always

Answer 4

Unethical

Question 5

Medical law, addresses, legal rights, and obligations that;

Answer 5

Affect patients, protect the rights of healthcare workers, protect the rights of individuals

Question 6

Ethics will be best determined by a gut reaction of what is right or wrong. (T/F)

Answer 6

False

Question 7

There is often confusion about the right thing to do relating to critical decisions and Health Care (T/F)

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Prone to engage in lawsuits

Answer 8

Litigious

Question 9

The person or party against who criminal or civil charges are brought in a lawsuit

Answer 9

Defendant

Question 10

Decisions made by judges, and various courts that become rule of law, and apply to future cases, and even though they were not enacted by legislature

Answer 10

Precedent

Question 11

Rule of conduct or action, prescribed, or formally, recognized, as binding or enforced by a controlling authority

Answer 11

Law

Question 12

A code prescribing correct behavior in a specific situation, such as a situation arising in a medical office

Answer 12

Protocol

Question 13

A consequence oriented theory that states that decisions should be made by determining what results will produce the best outcome for the most people

Answer 13

Utilitarianism

Question 14

Used in utilitarianism; requires that the rule used in making a decision must bring about positive results in generalized to a wide variety of situations

Answer 14

Principles of utility

Question 15

Acts performed by healthcare practitioner to help people stay healthy or recover from illness

Answer 15

Beneficence

Question 16

The duty to do no harm

Answer 16

Nonmaleficence

Question 17

The capacity to be ones own person, and make ones decisions without being manipulated by external forces

Answer 17

Autonomy

Question 18

How is Abraham Maslow’s theory of needs based motivation best defined?

Answer 18

It is a theory that says human behavior based on specific human needs that must often be met in a specific order

Question 19

Virtue, ethics, focuses on;

Answer 19

The traits, characteristics, and virtues that a moral person should have

Question 20

Which of the following best defines duty orientated moral reasoning?

Answer 20

It is a decision making theory that states that the rightness or wrongness of the act depends on its intrinsic nature and not the outcome of the act