PHIL 235 BIOMEDICAL ETHICS UPDATED ALL
TEST TIPS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the role of truth-telling in the HCP-patient relationship? - ✔✔Truth-telling is
essential for maintaining trust, but its application may vary based on context and patient
needs.
✔✔What is the importance of transparency in health data management? - ✔✔Without
transparency, patient consent becomes meaningless, as individuals must be informed
about data use and disclosure.
✔✔What does the term 'temporary paternalism' refer to in healthcare? - ✔✔It refers to
the practice of withholding the truth from patients when they are not in a state to act
rationally and autonomously.
✔✔What is the ethical challenge when patients and physicians have differing
interpretations of best interests? - ✔✔Both parties may share the value of the child's
best interest but have different views on how to achieve it.
✔✔What is the significance of balancing autonomy and beneficence in healthcare? -
✔✔It is essential to respect patient autonomy while also ensuring their well-being and
safety.
, ✔✔What is the right to confidentiality in medical ethics? - ✔✔The right of patients to
have their personal health information kept private.
✔✔How can genetic information be misused? - ✔✔It may be used to calculate future
medical expenses, refuse services, or provide services at a higher cost.
✔✔What ethical concerns arise from genetic screening abortions? - ✔✔Criticism from
ethicists and the disability community regarding the choice to abort fetuses with
disabilities.
✔✔What is somatic gene therapy? - ✔✔A treatment that replaces or adds genes to cure
diseases or enhance the body's ability to fight disease.
✔✔What are the current applications of gene therapy? - ✔✔Replacing missing or
defective genes, activating or deactivating genes.
✔✔What is a common delivery method for gene therapy? - ✔✔Using viruses as vectors
to carry genetic material into cells.
✔✔What are the risks associated with somatic gene therapy? - ✔✔Unwanted immune
reactions, targeting the wrong cells, infections, and potential tumor formation.
✔✔What happened in the case of Jesse Gelsinger? - ✔✔He died after experiencing a
severe immune reaction during an experimental gene therapy trial.
✔✔What is germline gene therapy? - ✔✔A more complex form of gene therapy that
alters genes in germline cells, which can be inherited by future generations.
✔✔What are the risks of germline gene therapy? - ✔✔Altering genes in embryos may
introduce errors into the human genome and create 'designer' babies.
✔✔What was the controversy surrounding He Jiankui's research? - ✔✔He genetically
edited twins to resist HIV, leading to global criticism and a prison sentence due to lack
of regulation.
✔✔Define 'fetus' in the context of reproductive ethics. - ✔✔A human organism at any
stage of fetal development from zygote to infant.
✔✔What are the two approaches to stopping reproduction discussed in reproductive
ethics? - ✔✔Status of the fetus approach and priority of the women's approach.
✔✔What are moral rights in the context of reproductive rights? - ✔✔Entitlements that
express one's humanity and may not be legally recognized.
TEST TIPS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the role of truth-telling in the HCP-patient relationship? - ✔✔Truth-telling is
essential for maintaining trust, but its application may vary based on context and patient
needs.
✔✔What is the importance of transparency in health data management? - ✔✔Without
transparency, patient consent becomes meaningless, as individuals must be informed
about data use and disclosure.
✔✔What does the term 'temporary paternalism' refer to in healthcare? - ✔✔It refers to
the practice of withholding the truth from patients when they are not in a state to act
rationally and autonomously.
✔✔What is the ethical challenge when patients and physicians have differing
interpretations of best interests? - ✔✔Both parties may share the value of the child's
best interest but have different views on how to achieve it.
✔✔What is the significance of balancing autonomy and beneficence in healthcare? -
✔✔It is essential to respect patient autonomy while also ensuring their well-being and
safety.
, ✔✔What is the right to confidentiality in medical ethics? - ✔✔The right of patients to
have their personal health information kept private.
✔✔How can genetic information be misused? - ✔✔It may be used to calculate future
medical expenses, refuse services, or provide services at a higher cost.
✔✔What ethical concerns arise from genetic screening abortions? - ✔✔Criticism from
ethicists and the disability community regarding the choice to abort fetuses with
disabilities.
✔✔What is somatic gene therapy? - ✔✔A treatment that replaces or adds genes to cure
diseases or enhance the body's ability to fight disease.
✔✔What are the current applications of gene therapy? - ✔✔Replacing missing or
defective genes, activating or deactivating genes.
✔✔What is a common delivery method for gene therapy? - ✔✔Using viruses as vectors
to carry genetic material into cells.
✔✔What are the risks associated with somatic gene therapy? - ✔✔Unwanted immune
reactions, targeting the wrong cells, infections, and potential tumor formation.
✔✔What happened in the case of Jesse Gelsinger? - ✔✔He died after experiencing a
severe immune reaction during an experimental gene therapy trial.
✔✔What is germline gene therapy? - ✔✔A more complex form of gene therapy that
alters genes in germline cells, which can be inherited by future generations.
✔✔What are the risks of germline gene therapy? - ✔✔Altering genes in embryos may
introduce errors into the human genome and create 'designer' babies.
✔✔What was the controversy surrounding He Jiankui's research? - ✔✔He genetically
edited twins to resist HIV, leading to global criticism and a prison sentence due to lack
of regulation.
✔✔Define 'fetus' in the context of reproductive ethics. - ✔✔A human organism at any
stage of fetal development from zygote to infant.
✔✔What are the two approaches to stopping reproduction discussed in reproductive
ethics? - ✔✔Status of the fetus approach and priority of the women's approach.
✔✔What are moral rights in the context of reproductive rights? - ✔✔Entitlements that
express one's humanity and may not be legally recognized.
