HSC 350 Midterm Review Exam Questions and
Answers.
The obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks is referred to as - Correct
Answer justice
The relationship between abstract virtues (principles) and ______ (practice) is often
difficult to grasp - Correct Answer values
_______ is primarily concerned with establishing standards or norms for conduct - Correct
Answer Normative ethics
One's need to survive can change his or her ______ character in order to survive - Correct
Answer moral
One who has control over his/her own actions is - Correct Answer autonomous
_______ describes the principle of doing good, demonstrating kindness, showing
compassion, and helping others - Correct Answer Beneficence
______ is a form of beneficence that may involve, for example, withholding information
from a person because of the belief that it is in the best interest of that person - Correct
Answer Paternalism
_______ justice implies that all are treated fairly - Correct Answer Distributive
Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of South Vietnam's national police, walked up and shot a
prisoner in the head. His reason: the prisoner a Viet Cong lieutenant had just murdered a
South Vietnamese colonel, his wife, and their six children. Assuming this is out of one's
moral character, the ________ theory of ethics applies here - Correct Answer situational
The theory of _______ holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture - Correct
Answer ethical relativism
We study ethics to aid us in making _____ judgements, good decisions, and right choices.
- Correct Answer sound
, A ________ believes it is a sin to accept a blood transfusion. - Correct Answer Jehovah's
Witness
Values may change as needs change. This is often referred to as _______ ethics. -
Correct Answer situational
_____ dilemmas arise when values, rights, duties, and loyalties conflict, meaning that
everyone may not be satisfied with a particular decision. - Correct Answer Moral
Ethics is important in that is helps individuals behave while accepted ________,
principles, and values live in harmony with the environment and one another. - Correct
Answer boundaries
Employees have - Correct Answer a right to question a physician's order
Staff have a right to refuse to participate in care involving - Correct Answer elective
abortions
The common law _______ doctrine provides that unemployment is at the will of either the
employer or the employee - Correct Answer employment-at-will
Staff rights include the right to - Correct Answer - equal pay for equal work
- refuse to participate in certain aspects of patient care (abortions)
- question patient's care
- be free from sexual harassment
(all of the above)
Sexual harassment can be verbal or physical and includes - Correct Answer - a request
for a sexual favor
- sexual advances made as a condition employment
- unreasonably interfering with an employee's work performance
(all of the above)
Answers.
The obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks is referred to as - Correct
Answer justice
The relationship between abstract virtues (principles) and ______ (practice) is often
difficult to grasp - Correct Answer values
_______ is primarily concerned with establishing standards or norms for conduct - Correct
Answer Normative ethics
One's need to survive can change his or her ______ character in order to survive - Correct
Answer moral
One who has control over his/her own actions is - Correct Answer autonomous
_______ describes the principle of doing good, demonstrating kindness, showing
compassion, and helping others - Correct Answer Beneficence
______ is a form of beneficence that may involve, for example, withholding information
from a person because of the belief that it is in the best interest of that person - Correct
Answer Paternalism
_______ justice implies that all are treated fairly - Correct Answer Distributive
Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of South Vietnam's national police, walked up and shot a
prisoner in the head. His reason: the prisoner a Viet Cong lieutenant had just murdered a
South Vietnamese colonel, his wife, and their six children. Assuming this is out of one's
moral character, the ________ theory of ethics applies here - Correct Answer situational
The theory of _______ holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture - Correct
Answer ethical relativism
We study ethics to aid us in making _____ judgements, good decisions, and right choices.
- Correct Answer sound
, A ________ believes it is a sin to accept a blood transfusion. - Correct Answer Jehovah's
Witness
Values may change as needs change. This is often referred to as _______ ethics. -
Correct Answer situational
_____ dilemmas arise when values, rights, duties, and loyalties conflict, meaning that
everyone may not be satisfied with a particular decision. - Correct Answer Moral
Ethics is important in that is helps individuals behave while accepted ________,
principles, and values live in harmony with the environment and one another. - Correct
Answer boundaries
Employees have - Correct Answer a right to question a physician's order
Staff have a right to refuse to participate in care involving - Correct Answer elective
abortions
The common law _______ doctrine provides that unemployment is at the will of either the
employer or the employee - Correct Answer employment-at-will
Staff rights include the right to - Correct Answer - equal pay for equal work
- refuse to participate in certain aspects of patient care (abortions)
- question patient's care
- be free from sexual harassment
(all of the above)
Sexual harassment can be verbal or physical and includes - Correct Answer - a request
for a sexual favor
- sexual advances made as a condition employment
- unreasonably interfering with an employee's work performance
(all of the above)
