Medical Law and Ethics: Test questions with complete
answers.
What is not enacted by the government? - Answer Etiquette rules
Medical practice acts - Answer laws applying specifically to the practice
of medicine in a certain state
A health care practitioner completes a course in law and ethics. Why
should health care professionals be familiar with law and ethics? -
Answer to help avoid legal entanglements
An attorney files a motion that pleads there is no basis for trial. This is
called: - Answer Summary judgment
Litigious - Answer Increase in the number of lawsuits
When using utilitarianism, what proponent of this method indicate
should be the best solution of choice? - Answer Solution that provides
happiness over pain
A patient undergoing surgery signs an informed consent. What principle
of health care ethics does informed consent protect? - Answer
Autonomy
A child's life specialist in the pediatric ward plays a game with a young
patient who is enjoying the game, but makes up the rules as she goes
along. What stage of moral development is being displayed here? -
Answer Pre-operational stage
In health care practices, ethics and laws often interconnect with risk
management measures. What describes one of the concepts? - Answer
Risk management involves choices to reduce potential liability.
,A health care practitioner is interviewing a 6-year old male child in
Piaget's pre-operational stage. What are characteristics of this stage? -
Answer They view the world from their own perspective.
A nursing home nurse has a paternalistic view about telling patients the
truth about their condition. What best describes paternalism? - Answer
Thinking I know what is best for the patient
Who is the most-well known ethicist to write about the ethical decision
making process? - Answer Alasdair MacIntyre
What federal legislation provided employees the ability to keep health
insurance coverage when transferring to another job? - Answer HIPAA
What is the basic difference between MDs and DOs? - Answer MDs are
trained in all/o/path/ic medicine.
Misdiagnosis - Answer not sufficient grounds for revoking a medical
license
Assault - Answer action that causes bodily harm to someone
A physician assistant provides treatment to a person who has come to
the ER for a painful rash. This is an example of: - Answer an implied
limited contract
The law of _________ makes employees liable for the actions of their
employees. - Answer liability
Describe the elements of a contract. - Answer *Agreement
*Consideration
*Legal subject matter
,*Contractual capacity
A child fesses to stealing money for candy. He knows it's wrong and
won't repeat it. Which stage of moral development is this? - Answer
Concrete operational
They decided to shut down a wing of the hospital, despite people losing
their jobs, for budget cuts. What type of framework are they
employing? - Answer Duty-oriented theory
A physician is undergoing professional peer review. Which federal law
requires professional peer review action be taken in this case and limits
the damages for the professional review? - Answer HCQIA
Laws enacted by the state or federal legislatures are called: - Answer
Bills
What must be in writing? - Answer a 3rd party contract for health care
coverage
A patient was injured in a fall due to negligence and is filing a medical
malpractice lawsuit. What ethical principle is he demonstrating? -
Answer Justice
The study of a branch of philosophy related to morals ,moral principles ,
and moral judgments is called
a. ethicsThe study of a branch of philosophy related to morals ,moral
principles , and moral judgments is called
a. ethics
b. law
c. medical practice acts
d. utilitarianism - Answer a. ethics
Unethical acts are
, a. not always illegal
b. always illegal
c. not related to the law
d. uncommon in society - Answer a.Not always illegal
Whic definition is correct is for medical practice acts
a. the practice of medicine in all fifty states.
b. the practice of medicine in a particular state, including the
requirements and methods of licensure.
c. the practice of medicine in all 50 states and what constitutes
unprofessional conduct.
d. the practice of medicine in a particular state, including the
requirement and method of certification - Answer b.The practice of
medicine in a particular state, including the requirements and methods
of licensure
Right-based ethics emphasizes the
a. individual rights of person.
b. rights of society as a whole
c. duty of persons to adhere to laws
d. character traits of persons. - Answer a. Individual rights of persons
Empathy requires the ability to
a. feel sorry for someone else
b. feel a sense of commitment to a person
c. understand the feeling of another person
d. have a distant and unemotional attitude toward the patient - Answer
c. Understand the feelings of another person
Which definition best describes utilitarianism
a. an ethical theory based on the principle of the greatest good for the
greatest number
answers.
What is not enacted by the government? - Answer Etiquette rules
Medical practice acts - Answer laws applying specifically to the practice
of medicine in a certain state
A health care practitioner completes a course in law and ethics. Why
should health care professionals be familiar with law and ethics? -
Answer to help avoid legal entanglements
An attorney files a motion that pleads there is no basis for trial. This is
called: - Answer Summary judgment
Litigious - Answer Increase in the number of lawsuits
When using utilitarianism, what proponent of this method indicate
should be the best solution of choice? - Answer Solution that provides
happiness over pain
A patient undergoing surgery signs an informed consent. What principle
of health care ethics does informed consent protect? - Answer
Autonomy
A child's life specialist in the pediatric ward plays a game with a young
patient who is enjoying the game, but makes up the rules as she goes
along. What stage of moral development is being displayed here? -
Answer Pre-operational stage
In health care practices, ethics and laws often interconnect with risk
management measures. What describes one of the concepts? - Answer
Risk management involves choices to reduce potential liability.
,A health care practitioner is interviewing a 6-year old male child in
Piaget's pre-operational stage. What are characteristics of this stage? -
Answer They view the world from their own perspective.
A nursing home nurse has a paternalistic view about telling patients the
truth about their condition. What best describes paternalism? - Answer
Thinking I know what is best for the patient
Who is the most-well known ethicist to write about the ethical decision
making process? - Answer Alasdair MacIntyre
What federal legislation provided employees the ability to keep health
insurance coverage when transferring to another job? - Answer HIPAA
What is the basic difference between MDs and DOs? - Answer MDs are
trained in all/o/path/ic medicine.
Misdiagnosis - Answer not sufficient grounds for revoking a medical
license
Assault - Answer action that causes bodily harm to someone
A physician assistant provides treatment to a person who has come to
the ER for a painful rash. This is an example of: - Answer an implied
limited contract
The law of _________ makes employees liable for the actions of their
employees. - Answer liability
Describe the elements of a contract. - Answer *Agreement
*Consideration
*Legal subject matter
,*Contractual capacity
A child fesses to stealing money for candy. He knows it's wrong and
won't repeat it. Which stage of moral development is this? - Answer
Concrete operational
They decided to shut down a wing of the hospital, despite people losing
their jobs, for budget cuts. What type of framework are they
employing? - Answer Duty-oriented theory
A physician is undergoing professional peer review. Which federal law
requires professional peer review action be taken in this case and limits
the damages for the professional review? - Answer HCQIA
Laws enacted by the state or federal legislatures are called: - Answer
Bills
What must be in writing? - Answer a 3rd party contract for health care
coverage
A patient was injured in a fall due to negligence and is filing a medical
malpractice lawsuit. What ethical principle is he demonstrating? -
Answer Justice
The study of a branch of philosophy related to morals ,moral principles ,
and moral judgments is called
a. ethicsThe study of a branch of philosophy related to morals ,moral
principles , and moral judgments is called
a. ethics
b. law
c. medical practice acts
d. utilitarianism - Answer a. ethics
Unethical acts are
, a. not always illegal
b. always illegal
c. not related to the law
d. uncommon in society - Answer a.Not always illegal
Whic definition is correct is for medical practice acts
a. the practice of medicine in all fifty states.
b. the practice of medicine in a particular state, including the
requirements and methods of licensure.
c. the practice of medicine in all 50 states and what constitutes
unprofessional conduct.
d. the practice of medicine in a particular state, including the
requirement and method of certification - Answer b.The practice of
medicine in a particular state, including the requirements and methods
of licensure
Right-based ethics emphasizes the
a. individual rights of person.
b. rights of society as a whole
c. duty of persons to adhere to laws
d. character traits of persons. - Answer a. Individual rights of persons
Empathy requires the ability to
a. feel sorry for someone else
b. feel a sense of commitment to a person
c. understand the feeling of another person
d. have a distant and unemotional attitude toward the patient - Answer
c. Understand the feelings of another person
Which definition best describes utilitarianism
a. an ethical theory based on the principle of the greatest good for the
greatest number
