EXAM: Kinn's Administrative Medical Assistant Chapter
7 Medicine and Ethics (Qs & As)
Advocate CORRECT ANS-A person who pleads the cause of another; one who defends or
maintains a cause or proposal.
Procurement CORRECT ANS-The act of getting possession of, obtaining, or acquiring; in
medicine, this term relates to obtaining organs for transplant.
Public Domain CORRECT ANS-A classification of information that indicates the information
is open for public review; information or technology that is not protected by a patent or
copyright and is available to the public for use without change.
Ramifications CORRECT ANS-Consequences produced by a cause or following from a set of
conditions.
Reparations CORRECT ANS-Acts of atonement for a wrong or injury.
Sociologic CORRECT ANS-Oriented or directed toward social needs and problems.
, EXAM: Kinn's Administrative Medical Assistant Chapter
7 Medicine and Ethics (Qs & As)
Upcoding CORRECT ANS-A fraudulent practice in which provider services are billed for
higher procedural codes than were actually performed, resulting in a higher payment.
Veracity CORRECT ANS-A devotion to or conformity with the truth.
Define "ethics" CORRECT ANS-Thoughts, judgments, and actions on issues that have
implications of moral right and wrong.
To be able to treat all people ethically, you must first do what? CORRECT ANS-Examine
your own values, beliefs, and actions.
What must you do to help patients make their own decisions regarding their health care?
CORRECT ANS-Keep personal and professional ethics separate.
Who started ethics in medicine? CORRECT ANS-The Babylonians with the Code of
Hummurabi.
7 Medicine and Ethics (Qs & As)
Advocate CORRECT ANS-A person who pleads the cause of another; one who defends or
maintains a cause or proposal.
Procurement CORRECT ANS-The act of getting possession of, obtaining, or acquiring; in
medicine, this term relates to obtaining organs for transplant.
Public Domain CORRECT ANS-A classification of information that indicates the information
is open for public review; information or technology that is not protected by a patent or
copyright and is available to the public for use without change.
Ramifications CORRECT ANS-Consequences produced by a cause or following from a set of
conditions.
Reparations CORRECT ANS-Acts of atonement for a wrong or injury.
Sociologic CORRECT ANS-Oriented or directed toward social needs and problems.
, EXAM: Kinn's Administrative Medical Assistant Chapter
7 Medicine and Ethics (Qs & As)
Upcoding CORRECT ANS-A fraudulent practice in which provider services are billed for
higher procedural codes than were actually performed, resulting in a higher payment.
Veracity CORRECT ANS-A devotion to or conformity with the truth.
Define "ethics" CORRECT ANS-Thoughts, judgments, and actions on issues that have
implications of moral right and wrong.
To be able to treat all people ethically, you must first do what? CORRECT ANS-Examine
your own values, beliefs, and actions.
What must you do to help patients make their own decisions regarding their health care?
CORRECT ANS-Keep personal and professional ethics separate.
Who started ethics in medicine? CORRECT ANS-The Babylonians with the Code of
Hummurabi.
