Deck 1: Physicians, Patients, and Others: Roles and Responsibilities-PART A

Question 1

Which of the following is or are required for consent to be considered morally and legally meaningful?

A) the individual must be competent to understand her condition and capable of exercising judgment about her care
B) relevant and understandable information about condition and care must be provided
C) the individual must be free to decide without coercion
D) all of these choices

Answer 1

D

Question 2

State laws that require physicians to be mandated reporters could be justified on the basis of

A) the duty to warn.
B) the duty to rescue.
C) paternalism.
D) the right to confidentiality.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Since on W.D. Ross's theory everyone has a moral right to be treated as an autonomous agent, which of the following is true?

A) Securing a person's free and informed consent to her medical treatment is required.
B) Everyone is entitled to know the truth and to be educated in helpful ways.
C) Everyone is entitled to medical confidentiality.
D) All of these choices

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The following are examples of paternalism according to Gerald Dworkin:

A) requiring motorcyclists to wear safety helmets when operating their vehicles
B) laws making it legal for women and children to work at certain types of jobs
C) requiring doctors to report cases of apparent child abuse to legal authorities
D) none of these choices

Question 5

Under what conditions did John Stuart Mill think that freedom of choice could be restricted?

A) When doing so would cause harm to the person who was acting.
B) When doing so would prevent harm to someone other than the person acting.
C) Under no circumstances.
D) When doing so would enhance social well-being.

Question 6

According to a person who endorses a paternalistic approach to medicine, a physician deceiving her patient

A) is justified only when it is in the best interest of the patient.
B) is never justified.
C) is justified when it is done for the greater good of all.
D) is justified only if the patient's family requires the physician to do so.

Question 7

Which of the following is or are an example of "state paternalism"?

A) licensing requirements
B) restrictions on therapies and treatments paid for by governmentally sponsored health insurances such as Medicare or Medicaid
C) restrictions on the use of government research funds
D) all of these choices

Question 8

The relatively light sentence that the Neumanns received when they attempted to use faith-healing indicates that

A) faith-healing is widely accepted in America.
B) religion no longer is important in American life.
C) whether parents neglect their children for religious or non-religious reasons is taken into account in sentencing.
D) there is a separation of Church and State in America.

Question 9

Recognizing patients as autonomous agents and securing their free and autonomous consent to their treatment is required by

A) paternalistic concern for patient well-being.
B) respect for their dignity.
C) the duty of beneficence.
D) The duty to do no harm.

Question 10

The use of placebos would be criticized by someone who believed that

A) the doctor-patient relationship is based on paternalism.
B) informed consent is of moral importance.
C) doctors should only use remedies that have been shown to work.
D) all of these choices.

Question 11

The debate over whether parents should be required to vaccinate their children is a debate over

A) science.
B) how society should approach parents who believe that there is a link between autism and vaccination.
C) whether to provide public education to unvaccinated children.
D) the separation of Church and State.

Question 12

Definitions of healthy and unhealthy behavior

A) are fixed over time.
B) are determined by medical professionals alone.
C) shift over time.
D) are determined by vote.

Question 13

Every public health decision involves value judgments about

A) health.
B) sickness.
C) freedom of choice.
D) all of these choices.

Question 14

Psychiatrists face special ethical problems concerning

A) the duty to rescue.
B) the duty to do no harm.
C) the duty to warn.
D) the duty to lie.