Radiation Therapy Chapter 2 Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions
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1. What is the study of ethical issues in medicine?
a. Biometrics
b. Bioethics
c. Macro ethics
d. Micro ethics - ✔✔B
Bioethics is defined as the application of ethics to medicine, nursing, and health care. Biometrics is a
branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.
Micro ethics consider individuals and internal relations of the specific situations, whereas macro ethics
applies to the collective social responsibility and to societal decisions.
p. 25
2. Which of the following is not a sanctionable offence by the American Registry of Radiologic
Technologists (ARRT)?
a. Failure to participate in professional activities, share knowledge with colleagues, and investigate new
aspects of professional practice
b. Impersonation of a candidate for the examination
c. Failure to perform radiation therapy procedures with reasonable skill and safety
d. Knowingly assisting, aiding, or allowing a person without a current certificate of registration with the
ARRT to engage in the practice of radiologic technology, in a jurisdiction that requires such registration -
✔✔A
Although participation in professional activities, sharing knowledge, and researching new aspects of
professional practice result in professional growth and other benefits, failure to be involved in any of
these activities is not a sanctionable offense by the ARRT.
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3. Which of the following is a theory of ethics developed by Immanuel Kant?
a. Virtue ethics
, b. Communitarianism
c. Contextual ethics
d. Deontology - ✔✔D
In its purest form, deontology was developed by Immanuel Kant.
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4. Who is most closely associated with the stages of grief?
a. Nel Noddings
b. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
c. John Mill
d. Immanuel Kant - ✔✔B
In 1969, in her book titled On Death and Dying, Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described several stages a
patient passes through while dealing with grief.
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5. Which group is responsible for producing the rules of ethics for radiation therapists?
a. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
b. American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
c. American Medical Association (AMA)
d. American Hospital Association (AHA) - ✔✔A
The rules of ethics are part of the ARRT's standards of ethics document. The ASRT has a code of ethics
for radiation therapists but no rules of ethics. The AMA and AHA do not have any documents specific to
radiation therapists.
p. 21
6. Utilitarianism is an example of which broad group of ethical theories?
a. Teleology
2025
1. What is the study of ethical issues in medicine?
a. Biometrics
b. Bioethics
c. Macro ethics
d. Micro ethics - ✔✔B
Bioethics is defined as the application of ethics to medicine, nursing, and health care. Biometrics is a
branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.
Micro ethics consider individuals and internal relations of the specific situations, whereas macro ethics
applies to the collective social responsibility and to societal decisions.
p. 25
2. Which of the following is not a sanctionable offence by the American Registry of Radiologic
Technologists (ARRT)?
a. Failure to participate in professional activities, share knowledge with colleagues, and investigate new
aspects of professional practice
b. Impersonation of a candidate for the examination
c. Failure to perform radiation therapy procedures with reasonable skill and safety
d. Knowingly assisting, aiding, or allowing a person without a current certificate of registration with the
ARRT to engage in the practice of radiologic technology, in a jurisdiction that requires such registration -
✔✔A
Although participation in professional activities, sharing knowledge, and researching new aspects of
professional practice result in professional growth and other benefits, failure to be involved in any of
these activities is not a sanctionable offense by the ARRT.
pp. 23-24
3. Which of the following is a theory of ethics developed by Immanuel Kant?
a. Virtue ethics
, b. Communitarianism
c. Contextual ethics
d. Deontology - ✔✔D
In its purest form, deontology was developed by Immanuel Kant.
p. 26
4. Who is most closely associated with the stages of grief?
a. Nel Noddings
b. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
c. John Mill
d. Immanuel Kant - ✔✔B
In 1969, in her book titled On Death and Dying, Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described several stages a
patient passes through while dealing with grief.
p. 31
5. Which group is responsible for producing the rules of ethics for radiation therapists?
a. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
b. American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
c. American Medical Association (AMA)
d. American Hospital Association (AHA) - ✔✔A
The rules of ethics are part of the ARRT's standards of ethics document. The ASRT has a code of ethics
for radiation therapists but no rules of ethics. The AMA and AHA do not have any documents specific to
radiation therapists.
p. 21
6. Utilitarianism is an example of which broad group of ethical theories?
a. Teleology
