Smith Seminars Online Medical Ethics Test


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 Part 1 - Your Information

 

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 Part 2 - The Test

 

1) Ethics is a systematic reflection on and analysis of:

A) Errors

B) Research

C) Morality

D) Professions

2) The Percivalian code:

A) Asserted the moral authority and independence of physicians in service to others

B) Affirmed the profession’s responsibility to care for the sick

C) Emphasized individual honor

D) All the above

3) In the preamble of the AMA Code of Ethics, it states a physician must recognize responsibility to patients first and foremost as well as to:

A) Society

B) Other health care professions

C) Self

D) All the above

4) Autonomy is the innate right of a person to make choices affecting his or her own life and welfare, free of:

A) Medical errors

B) Coercion

C) Disabilities

D) Limited resources

5) Criteria for distributive justice include:

A) Inequality

B) Judgmentalism

C) Fairness

D) None of the above

6) According to the AARC Code of Ethics, respiratory therapists shall:

A) Promote disease prevention and wellness
B) Perform only those procedures which they are individually competent
C) Comply with state and federal laws that govern and relate to their practice
D) All the above

7) Hospital ethics committee case review is recommended with decisions involving:

A) Disagreement between care providers regarding the ethical aspects of a patient's care
B) Withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment which are not adequately addressed in the policy and procedure
C) Significant ethical ambiguity and perplexity in which case review may provide insight into complex ethical issues
D) All the above

8) It is important in interacting with patients and other health care professionals, that the respiratory therapists have:

A) A good understanding of the basic ethical principles
B) Some practice in ethical thinking
C) A good understanding of the basic ethical guidelines
D) All the above

9) Fiduciary is a relationship of trust in which the patient counts on the health care provider to care about and care for them with:

A) Money
B) Dishonesty
C) Sensitivity to the patient as an individual with unique circumstances and goals
D) None of the above

10) In certain situations, there often can be tension between two principles; the health care professional and patient must determine if one or another of the principles should be:

A) Legalized
B) Breeched
C) Documented
D) Kept secret

 

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