Bioethics: Exam 1

Front 1

The approach to ethics taken by the authors of our texts argues that ________ is the central value.

Back 1

the individual person

Front 2

According to our authors, much of reality is socially constructed; hence to remove some of the ambiguities in moral situations, society relies on _______.

Back 2

laws

Front 3

A legal institution (U.S. gov) guarantees both the legal and moral rights of its citizens. T/F

Back 3

False

Front 4

The public good exists for hte good of the individual persons. T/F

Back 4

True

Front 5

Hippocratic Oath

Back 5

to prolong life AND to alleviate pain

Front 6

The primary purpose of medicine is the care of the patients. T/F

Back 6

True

Front 7

This model of nursing sees the nurse's primary obligation as institutional coordination iwth loyalty as the prime virtue.

Back 7

Bureaucratic

Front 8

This model of nursing sees the nurse's primary obligation as being a "voice" for the patient's concerns to the rest of the health care team.

Back 8

Patients Advocate

Front 9

In the ________ model of medicine, a physician takes on an expertise about life in general, and assumes a moral dominance over the patient.

Back 9

Priestly

Front 10

The ________ model of medicine speaks about the provider-patient relationship as a business relationship where what will happen is negotiated between provider and patient.

Back 10

Contractual

Front 11

"Autonomy" is a word that etymologically means-

Back 11

Self Law

Front 12

The ability to make choices based on an understanding of the relevant consequences of that choice on oneself and others is called-

Back 12

Competence

Front 13

All physician-patient encoutners must begin with the presumption that the patient is incompetent. T/F

Back 13

False

Front 14

A physician withholds information from the patinet when she believes that the disclosure will have an adverse effect on the patient's condition or health.

Back 14

Therapeutic privilege

Front 15

With respect to health care decision making, children are considered to be-

Back 15

incompetent

Front 16

Substitute decision makes for the incompetent persons are called-

Back 16

surrogates

Front 17

The notion of beneficence means to "avoid evil" while the notion of nonmaleficence means to "do good" T/F

Back 17

False

Front 18

According to the reformulated principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence, it is always right to do good and avoid evil. T/F

Back 18

False

Front 19

The ________ principle of benevolence states; "take care of your health as long as, all things considered, this does not produce more harm than good."

Back 19

Patient's

Front 20

Granted informed consent, the physician should do what is medically indicated such that, from a medical point of view, more good than evil will result. This states the ________principle.

Back 20

Medical indications

Front 21

When the wishes of a once-competent person are known, then a surrogate suses the ______principle to make a decision on behalf of the patient.

Back 21

Substitute judgement

Front 22

Medical staff overmedicating (sedating) patients for the conviencence of the staff is called-

Back 22

"snowing"

Front 23

In attempting to define disease adn health, while disease is typicaly seen as a deficit, health is typically seen as a lack of any deficit. T/F

Back 23

True

Front 24

Concerning the ethics of distribution, which of the following must be considered?

Back 24

Need AND Contribution to society

Front 25

A good (optimum) helath care system should be able to respond to _________ requests of an individual for health care.

Back 25

The reasonable

Front 26

Not telling the truth in those circumstances in which the other does not have a reasonable expectation of the truth is called a-

Back 26

Falsehood

Front 27

Volunteering information announces an intention to communicate and so creates a reasonable expectation of the truth. T/F

Back 27

True

Front 28

Knowledge that a person has a right or obligation to conceal because harm will follow if the particular knowledge is revealed-

Back 28

Secret

Front 29

The sorting or prioritizing of health care needs, especially in emergency situations-

Back 29

Triage

Front 30

In the medical field, the principle of confidentiality operates on a _________ need to know basis.

Back 30

Health care