UNITED HEALTHCARE (UHC)– ETHICS AND
COMPLIANCE LATEST EXAM GRADED A 2024
The doctrine that skips any reference to principles and rules and
judges the right action be the one that brings the greater happiness to
the greatest number - CORRECT ANSWER Act utilitariansim
Actively assisting the process of death - CORRECT ANSWER Active
euthanasia
A standard treatment modality for traditional chinese medicine in
which needles are inserted into the skin to assist the energy flow
throughout the body - CORRECT ANSWER acupuncture
a person given the power and duty to act on behalf of another, for
example, a legally incapacitated person, for purposes of lawsuit -
CORRECT ANSWER Ad litem
documents that relate your wishes in regard to treatment options or in
regard to who should make the decisions for you should you lose the
ability to relate these matters yourself - CORRECT ANSWER
Advanced directives
generally accepted as a collection of specific, life-threatening,
opportunistic infections that result from an underlying immune
deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER AIDS
an ethical theory based on the principle of love for humanity, general
goodwill.
from the greek: altruistic love - CORRECT ANSWER agape
a variant form of a given gene, which may determine a trait such as
having type O blood - CORRECT ANSWER Allele
concern for the welfare of others
,selflessness - CORRECT ANSWER altruism
to be without morals; neither moral nor immoral - CORRECT ANSWER
amoral
a decision in keeping with the individual's past choices and known
perferences - CORRECT ANSWER authentic decision
independent, self-governing, self-determining - CORRECT ANSWER
autonomous
personal self-determination
the right of patients to participate in and decide questions involving
their care - CORRECT ANSWER autonomy
the principle that imposes on the practitioner a duty to seek good for
patients under all circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER beneficence
the view that one can lie to a patient for his own good
it is the mechanism most often used when paternalism is advanced
over a patient autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER benevolent deception
a proxy decision making standard in which the guardian is directed to
make the decision in the best interest of the individual
often used in cases in which the individual was never in a position to
make an autonomous decision - CORRECT ANSWER best-interest
standard
life that separates the living from the non-living (ex: that separates
plants from rocks)
life in this sense is not uniquely human but is that which we share with
all other living things - CORRECT ANSWER biological life
the law states that infants born alive, at any stage of development,
and regardless of circumstances of birth are persons and entitled to
equal protection under the law - CORRECT ANSWER born alive infant
protection
,the statement formulated by Immanuel Kant that one is obligated to
act on that principle that is binding for all people, in all situations, at
all times - CORRECT ANSWER categorical imperative
the doctrine that holds that one particular social class of persons is
superior to another - CORRECT ANSWER classism
following the Nancy Cruzan case, the courts have asked for clear and
convincing evidence of the individual's wishes in regard to continuing
or ceasing life support
this has created a new emphasis on the need of advanced directives -
CORRECT ANSWER clear and convincing evidence standard
a document usually created by a profession that provides guidelines
for the ethical behavior of its membership
these documents are often seen as meeting the self-regulating criteria
for a profession - CORRECT ANSWER code of ethics
a condition in which the individual has the ability to reason - CORRECT
ANSWER cognitive sapient state
having the ability to make sound, authentic judgments for oneself
usually this means that hte patient is able to understand the nature of
the condition, the options available, and the risks involved in the
potential options - CORRECT ANSWER competency
the union of spermatozoon and an ovum at conception - CORRECT
ANSWER conceptus (single-celled zygote)
the principle that binds the practitioner to hold in strict confidence
those things learned about a patient in the course of medical practice
- CORRECT ANSWER confidentiality
an ethical system holding that the right action is one that maximizes
some good.
the right thing to do in the end is based on what is the good thing to do
one cannot know what is right without an examination of the
consequences - CORRECT ANSWER consequence-oriented system
, (theological perspective)
a theory of morality that grounds all claims to rights in the principle of
justice founded on collective choice - CORRECT ANSWER
contractarian theory
in matters of rights, when one person has a right, others have
obligations to either refrain from hindrance or provide the required
goods and services associated with the rights
as an example, an individual's right to autonomy creates the
correlative obligation of disclosure (informed consent) - CORRECT
ANSWER correlative obligations
a high-stress situation in which one finds oneself in another culture in
which former behavior patterns are ineffective and one fails to
understand the basic cues of social intercourse - CORRECT ANSWER
culture shock
to belittle, or criticize the skill, knowledge, or qualifications of another
professional - CORRECT ANSWER disparagement
refers to just distribution in society, structured by various moral, legal,
and cultural rules and principles - CORRECT ANSWER distributive
justice
the ethical theory that something can be known to be right and good
when it is in compliance with God's will and wrong or bad when God
condemns it - CORRECT ANSWER divine command ethics
a gene that needs to be present in only one parent in order to have a
50-50 chance of affecting each child - CORRECT ANSWER dominant
gene
those orders issued when a determination is made that the level of life
that could be sustained following a resuscitative effort would be such
that it would not be in the patient's best interest to perform
resuscitation - CORRECT ANSWER DNR
COMPLIANCE LATEST EXAM GRADED A 2024
The doctrine that skips any reference to principles and rules and
judges the right action be the one that brings the greater happiness to
the greatest number - CORRECT ANSWER Act utilitariansim
Actively assisting the process of death - CORRECT ANSWER Active
euthanasia
A standard treatment modality for traditional chinese medicine in
which needles are inserted into the skin to assist the energy flow
throughout the body - CORRECT ANSWER acupuncture
a person given the power and duty to act on behalf of another, for
example, a legally incapacitated person, for purposes of lawsuit -
CORRECT ANSWER Ad litem
documents that relate your wishes in regard to treatment options or in
regard to who should make the decisions for you should you lose the
ability to relate these matters yourself - CORRECT ANSWER
Advanced directives
generally accepted as a collection of specific, life-threatening,
opportunistic infections that result from an underlying immune
deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER AIDS
an ethical theory based on the principle of love for humanity, general
goodwill.
from the greek: altruistic love - CORRECT ANSWER agape
a variant form of a given gene, which may determine a trait such as
having type O blood - CORRECT ANSWER Allele
concern for the welfare of others
,selflessness - CORRECT ANSWER altruism
to be without morals; neither moral nor immoral - CORRECT ANSWER
amoral
a decision in keeping with the individual's past choices and known
perferences - CORRECT ANSWER authentic decision
independent, self-governing, self-determining - CORRECT ANSWER
autonomous
personal self-determination
the right of patients to participate in and decide questions involving
their care - CORRECT ANSWER autonomy
the principle that imposes on the practitioner a duty to seek good for
patients under all circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER beneficence
the view that one can lie to a patient for his own good
it is the mechanism most often used when paternalism is advanced
over a patient autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER benevolent deception
a proxy decision making standard in which the guardian is directed to
make the decision in the best interest of the individual
often used in cases in which the individual was never in a position to
make an autonomous decision - CORRECT ANSWER best-interest
standard
life that separates the living from the non-living (ex: that separates
plants from rocks)
life in this sense is not uniquely human but is that which we share with
all other living things - CORRECT ANSWER biological life
the law states that infants born alive, at any stage of development,
and regardless of circumstances of birth are persons and entitled to
equal protection under the law - CORRECT ANSWER born alive infant
protection
,the statement formulated by Immanuel Kant that one is obligated to
act on that principle that is binding for all people, in all situations, at
all times - CORRECT ANSWER categorical imperative
the doctrine that holds that one particular social class of persons is
superior to another - CORRECT ANSWER classism
following the Nancy Cruzan case, the courts have asked for clear and
convincing evidence of the individual's wishes in regard to continuing
or ceasing life support
this has created a new emphasis on the need of advanced directives -
CORRECT ANSWER clear and convincing evidence standard
a document usually created by a profession that provides guidelines
for the ethical behavior of its membership
these documents are often seen as meeting the self-regulating criteria
for a profession - CORRECT ANSWER code of ethics
a condition in which the individual has the ability to reason - CORRECT
ANSWER cognitive sapient state
having the ability to make sound, authentic judgments for oneself
usually this means that hte patient is able to understand the nature of
the condition, the options available, and the risks involved in the
potential options - CORRECT ANSWER competency
the union of spermatozoon and an ovum at conception - CORRECT
ANSWER conceptus (single-celled zygote)
the principle that binds the practitioner to hold in strict confidence
those things learned about a patient in the course of medical practice
- CORRECT ANSWER confidentiality
an ethical system holding that the right action is one that maximizes
some good.
the right thing to do in the end is based on what is the good thing to do
one cannot know what is right without an examination of the
consequences - CORRECT ANSWER consequence-oriented system
, (theological perspective)
a theory of morality that grounds all claims to rights in the principle of
justice founded on collective choice - CORRECT ANSWER
contractarian theory
in matters of rights, when one person has a right, others have
obligations to either refrain from hindrance or provide the required
goods and services associated with the rights
as an example, an individual's right to autonomy creates the
correlative obligation of disclosure (informed consent) - CORRECT
ANSWER correlative obligations
a high-stress situation in which one finds oneself in another culture in
which former behavior patterns are ineffective and one fails to
understand the basic cues of social intercourse - CORRECT ANSWER
culture shock
to belittle, or criticize the skill, knowledge, or qualifications of another
professional - CORRECT ANSWER disparagement
refers to just distribution in society, structured by various moral, legal,
and cultural rules and principles - CORRECT ANSWER distributive
justice
the ethical theory that something can be known to be right and good
when it is in compliance with God's will and wrong or bad when God
condemns it - CORRECT ANSWER divine command ethics
a gene that needs to be present in only one parent in order to have a
50-50 chance of affecting each child - CORRECT ANSWER dominant
gene
those orders issued when a determination is made that the level of life
that could be sustained following a resuscitative effort would be such
that it would not be in the patient's best interest to perform
resuscitation - CORRECT ANSWER DNR
