Question 1

Is it ethical for the federal government to pay the costs of kidney dialysis for all patients,regardless of age or income,as it now does,but not to pay the costs of other illnesses? Which would be more reasonable and more feasible: extending benefits to those who have other illnesses or withdrawing them from those who need kidney dialysis?

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Question 2

The modern bioethics movement developed in the

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A)  1920s. 
B)  1930s. 
C)  1940s. 
D)  1960s. 
E)  1990s.

Question 3

The Nuremberg Code states that

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A)  patients deserve a right to die. 
B)  patients deserve a right to any treatment they request. 
C)  medical researchers must do all they can to protect their subjects from harm. 
D)  dying patients should be offered the right to donate their organs. 
E)  medical researchers must pay their research subjects.

Question 4

Which of the following statements about stem cell research is true?

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A)  Supporters argue that it will stem the rise in new cases of cancer. 
B)  It has increasingly shifted into universities and away from the for-profit sector. 
C)  Opponents equate harvesting stem cells to killing humans. 
D)  It has already produced effective treatments for several diseases. 
E)  none of the above

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)  The AMA first adopted a code of ethics in 1970. 
B)  The public responded with horror to news of Dr. Sims' experiments on slave women. 
C)  The Nazi philosophy was grounded in part in eugenics. 
D)  The eugenics movement never gained a foothold in the United States. 
E)  From the start, most German doctors opposed the Nazis.

Question 6

Is "cosmetic pharmacology" ethical? Does the fact that it is only available to some individuals make it any more or less ethical? Could cosmetic pharmacology eventually increase social inequality?

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Question 7

Which of the following is intended to ensure that medical researchers behave ethically?

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A)  Institutional Review Boards 
B)  diagnosis-related groups 
C)  medical malpractice laws 
D)  medical mortality review boards 
E)  reproductive technologies

Exam 13: Issues in Bioethics