Ethics And Law

Front 1

Mark the following statements concerning English law true or false:
1) Judges can decide to disregard statutes and make a common sense judgement.
2) All cases of all infectious diseases must be reported to the authorities.
3) A patient with TB can be detained in hospital without their consent.
4) The Public Health (Control of Infectious Diseases) Act is an example of common law.
5) Civil cases are decided out of court and only criminal cases are decided within the court system.

Back 1

1) F.
2) F.
3) T.
4) F.
5) F.

Front 2

Mark the following statements true or false. According to law and accepted medical practice, when a patient is not competent to consent to treatment a doctor should:

1) Make preserving life the highest priority.
2) Apply to the courts for a decision.
3) Accept the next of kin as proxy decision maker.
4) Take any known wishes of the patient into account.
5) Act in what he/she deems the patient's best interests.

Back 2

1) F.
2) F.
3) F.
4) T.
5) T.

Front 3

Mark the following statements true or false. A patient is regarded as incompetent to consent to treatment if he or she:

1) Offers no justification for decisions that go against the doctor's advice.
2) Cannot understand or retain information.
3) Has a record of mental illness within the last five years.
4) Cannot understand English.
5) Cannot justify his/her decisions in a way deemed adequate by two senior doctors.

Back 3

1) F.
2) T.
3) F.
4) F.
5) F.