Egan's Chapter 5 Review Updated 2024/2025 Verified 100%

What branch of law is concerned with the recognition and enforcement of the rights and duties of private individuals and organizations? - Civil The AARC Code of Ethics holds professionals to which of following principles? - 1. Actively maintaining and improving one's competence 2. Following sound scientific procedures and ethical principles in research 3. Promoting disease prevention and wellness 4. Respecting and protecting the rights of patients they treat What simple question does ethics attempt to answer? - How should we act? What ethical issue has recently become a significant concern for respiratory therapists and all health care providers due to a congressional act? - Patient's right to privacy In most professions, specific guidance in resolving ethical dilemmas is provided by which of the following? - A code of ethics Primary guiding principles in contemporary ethical decision making include which of the following? - 1. Nonmaleficence 2. Autonomy 3. Justice 4. Role fidelity Which ethical principle obliges a respiratory therapist to uphold a patient's right to refuse a treatment? - AutonomyA health professional who withholds the truth from a patient, saying it is for his or her own good, is engaged in what practice? - Benevolent deception 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 Which of the following sanctions can apply when one breaks a law? - 1. Reparations or fines 2. Incarceration 3. Licensure suspension The debate over prolongation of life versus relief of suffering in elderly patients mainly involves differing opinions regarding what ethical principle? - Beneficence What type(s) of advanced directives can patients use to help resolve ethical dilemmas involving their lifesustaining care? - 1. Durable power of attorney 3. Living will Under what conditions can the principle of confidentiality be breached? - When the welfare of the community or a vulnerable individual is at stake The moral basis for rationing health care services falls under what ethical principle? - Distributive justice Which of the following has played a minor role in increasing the cost of health care? - Compensatory justice When a respiratory therapist defers a patient's questions about a condition to the attending physician, what ethical principle is being practiced? - Role fidelity A clinician who justifies support for withdrawing life support from a patient because "in the end, it would be best for all involved" is applying what ethical viewpoint? - ConsequentialismA 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 Before making any ethical decision, one should take which of the following actions? - 1. Identify the individuals involved. 2. Identify what ethical principle(s) apply. 3. Identify who should make the decision. 4. Consider the alternatives. Divisions of public law (the relationships of private parties and the government) include: - 1. Administrative 3. Criminal 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 Which of the following are necessary to validate a claim of professional negligence? - 1. The practitioner owed a duty to the patient. 2. The practitioner was derelict with that duty. 3. The breach of duty was the direct cause of damages. 4. Damage or harm came to the patient. A physician who participates in active euthanasia is committing what type of malpractice? - Criminal A nurse who practices below a reasonable standard of care is committing what type of malpractice? - Civil A respiratory therapist who engages in a questionable business practice is committing what type of malpractice? - EthicalWhich of the following are considered intentional torts? - 2. Assault and battery 3. Defamation of character 4. Invasion of privacy When a practitioner performs a procedure that involves physical contact without the patient's consent, it can result in what charge? - Battery Which of the following are legitimate defenses against an intentional tort? - 1. Lack of intent to harm the patient 3. Informed consent given by patient A physician specifies an incorrect dose in a prescription for a powerful bronchodilator drug to be given to an asthmatic patient. When the respiratory therapist gives the prescribed dose, the patient suffers a fatal response and dies. Based on the principle of duty, against whom could a suit of negligence be brought? - 1. Respiratory therapist 2. Attending physician 3. Dispensing pharmacist HIPAA is primarily referred to as the Privacy Rule and is concerned with PHI. What do the letters PHI stand for? - Protected health information What legal doctrine holds superiors responsible for the actions of their workers? - Respondent superior What conditions are necessary to incur liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior? - 1. The injury caused must be the result of an act of negligence. 2. The act must occur within the subordinate's scope of employment. Which of the following is not a common element in a professional practice act? - Professional code of ethicsIf a respiratory therapist 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.