Deck 48: Clinical Ethics for Obstetric Sonography

Question 1

Which one of the following terms means matters that concern right and wrong conduct?

A) Morality
B) Ethics
C) Integrity
D) Beneficence

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which one of the following describes the duty of a health care professional to protect the privacy of patient information?

A) Integrity
B) Morality
C) Ethics
D) Confidentiality

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which one of the following is the discipline that seeks to articulate clear and practical guidelines for conduct and character?

A) Autonomy
B) Ethics
C) Morality
D) Justice

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which one of the following terms refers to honesty?

A) Ethics
B) Morality
C) Integrity
D) Autonomy

Question 5

Which one of the following goals seeks a greater balance of clinical "goods" over clinical "harms?"

A) Beneficence
B) Fiduciary
C) Pain
D) Autonomy

Question 6

Which one of the following principles requires the sonographer to read current medical literature to stay abreast of new developments related to patient safety?

A) Informed consent
B) Nonmaleficence
C) Autonomy
D) Morality

Question 7

Which one of the following principles directs the sonographer not to cause harm?

A) Nuremberg Code
B) Autonomy
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Beneficence

Question 8

Western medicine uses which one of the following principles to know what is in the clinical interest of the patient?

A) Ethics
B) Morality
C) Primum non-nocere
D) Integrity

Question 9

Which one of the following principles encourages sonographers to exceed the minimum standards of protocol and seek additional pertinent images as needed?

A) Veracity
B) Autonomy
C) Beneficence
D) Justice

Question 10

Which one of the following is the physiologic phenomenon involving the central nervous system processing tissue damage?

A) Suffering
B) Pain
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Ethics

Question 11

Truthfulness with respect to abilities and limitations is an example of which one of the following?

A) Integrity
B) Justice
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Veracity

Question 12

Informed consent is a(n) ______________-based right.

A) autonomy
B) morality
C) beneficence
D) nonmaleficence

Question 13

Adherence to moral and ethical principles is called which one of the following?

A) Veracity
B) Morality
C) Autonomy
D) Integrity

Question 14

Which one of the following terms refers to a person's capacity to formulate, express, and carry out value-based preferences?

A) Primum non-nocere
B) Beneficence
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Autonomy

Question 15

Which one of the following terms describes the kind of person we should become and the virtues we should cultivate in doing so?

A) Ethics
B) Integrity
C) Morality
D) Autonomy

Question 16

The sonographer who provides a detailed explanation of the examination is an example of respecting the patient's ________________.

A) morals
B) autonomy
C) beneficence
D) nonmaleficence

Question 17

Which one of the following emphasizes individual rights and autonomy?

A) Morality
B) Declaration of Helsinki
C) Nuremberg Code
D) Hippocratic Oath

Question 18

A code of ethics for sonographers has been adopted by which one of the following organizations?

A) American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
B) Joint Review Committee
C) Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
D) American Medical Association

Question 19

Which one of the following is not an ethical issue?

A) Nonmedical use of sonography
B) Nonmaleficence
C) Family traditions
D) Primum non-nocere

Question 20

Which one of the following is a psychologic phenomenon involving blocked intentions, plans, and projects?

A) Pain
B) Suffering
C) Psychosis
D) Addiction

Question 21

ALARA is an example of which one of the following ethical principles?

A) Justice
B) Beneficence
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Veracity

Question 22

The ethical principle(s) that determine(s) the timing of a routine sonographic examination is (are) which of the following?

A) Autonomy
B) Veracity
C) Justice
D) Autonomy and justice

Question 23

Which one of the following principles describes the right of self-determination?

A) Beneficence
B) Nonmaleficence
C) Autonomy
D) Veracity

Question 24

Fetal interests in sonography are understood exclusively in terms of ________________.

A) justice
B) autonomy
C) fiduciary
D) beneficence

Question 25

Which one of the following principles is served when protocols are standardized?

A) Confidentiality
B) Justice
C) Morality
D) Beneficence