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All of the following sanctions can apply when one breaks a law EXCEPT:
- (reparations or fines)
- (incarceration)
- (licensure suspension)
- ***professional censure***
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What simple question does ethics try to answer?
How should we act?
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What ethical issue has recently become a significant concern for RTs and all health care providers due to a congressional act?
patient's right to privacy
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In most professions, specific guidance in resolving ethical dilemmas is provided by which of the following?
a code of ethics
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The AARC Code of Ethics holds professionals to which of the following principles?
- (all 5 answers)
- -actively maintaining and improving one's competence
- -following sound scientific procedures and ethical principles in resarch
- -promoting disease prevention and wellness
- -striving to improve the access, efficacy, and cost of patient care
- -respecting and protecting the rights of the patients they treat
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Contemporary ethical princniples have evolved from all of the following sources EXCEPT:
psychoanalysis (Freud)
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Primary guiding principle in contemporary ethical decision-making include which of the following?
- (all)
- -nonmaleficence
- -autonomy
- -justice
- -role fidelity
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Which ethical principle obliges a RT to uphold a patient's right to refuse treatment?
autonomy
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A health professional who withholds the truth from a patient, saying it is for her own good, is engaged in:
benevolent deception
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What ethical principle can be used to justify the pain that might occur in drawing blood from a patient for a diagnostic test?
double effect
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The debate over prolongation of life vs relief of suffering in elderly patients mainly involves differing opinions regarding what ethical principle?
beneficence
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What type of advanced directives can patients use to help resolve ethical dilemmas involving their life-sustaining care?
- durable power of attorney AND
- living will
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Under what conditions can the principle of confidentiality be breached?
when the welfare of the community or a vulnerable individual is at stake
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The moral basis for rationing health care services falls under what ethical principle?
distributive justice
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Which of the following has played a major role in increasing the cost of health care?
compensatory justice
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When a RT defers a patient's questions about a condition to the attending physician, what ethical principle is being practiced?
role fidelity
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A clinician who justifies support for w/drawing life support from a patient because "in the end, it would be best for all involved" is applying what ethical viewpoint?
consequentialism
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A clinician who justifies not billing a poor patient for services rendered because "that's what a professional should do" is applying what ethical viewpoint?
virtue ethics
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Before making any ethical decision, one should take which of the following actions?
- (all)
- -identify individuals involved
- -identify what ethical principle(s) apply
- -identify who should make the decision
- -consider the alternatives
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Division of public law (the relationships of private parties and the gov't) include:
- administrative AND
- criminal
- (NOT CRIMINAL)
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What branch of law is concerned with the recognition and enforcement of the rights and duties of priv. individuals and organizations?
civil
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What is the term for a civil wrong committed against an individual or property, for which a court provides a remedy in the form of damages?
tort
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Which of the following are necessary to validate a claim of professional negligence?
- (all)
- The practitioner owed a duty to the patient.
- The " was derelict with that duty.
- The breach of duty was the direct cause of damages.
- Damage or harm came to the patient.
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In a case of professional negligence, all of the following are required to support a claim of "res ipsa loquitur" EXCEPT:
evidence must exist to show that the defendant acted with malfeasance or intent.
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A physician who participates in active euthanasia is committing what type of malpractice?
criminal
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A nurse who practices below a reasonable standard of care is committing what type of malpractice?
civil
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A RT who engages in a questionable business practice is committing what type of malpractice?
ethical
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All of the following are considered intentional torts EXCEPT:
negligent practice
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When a practioner performs a procedure that involves physical contact without the patient's consent, it can result in what charge?
battery
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Which of the following is/are legitimate defenses against an intentional tort?
- lack of intent to harm a patient
- informed consent given by the patient
- (NOT performance of ordinary procedures)
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A physician specifies an incorrect dose in a Rx for a powerful bronchodilator drug to be given to an asthmatic patient. When the RT gives the dose, the patient suffers a fatal response, and dies. Based on the principle of duty, against whom could a suit of negligence be brought?
- (all)
- RT
- attending physician
- dispensing pharmacist
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HIPAA. What does PHI stand for?
protected health information
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What legal doctrine holds superiors responsible for the actions of their workers?
respondeat superior
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What conditions are necessary to incur liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior?
- The injury caused must be the result of an act of negligence.
- The act must occur within the subordinate's scope of employement.
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All of the following are common elements in a professional practice act EXCEPT:
professional code of ethics
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If an RT refers a Medicare patient to a particular home care company and receives a finder's fee in return, this is an example of:
Medicare fraud
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