HS 3400: WEEK 1 WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Medical care designates the intention to: - ANSWER-identify and understand disease
states in order to be able to diagnose and treat patients who might suffer from them
T/F: Health care is broader than medical care - ANSWER-T: also considers other
aspects that affect health status of people
What factors are also of concern in practice of health care? - ANSWER-- cultural
- societal
- economic
- educational
- legislative factors
Natural/biological view of health and disease: - ANSWER-views health to be correlated
with the degree with which natural functions of the organism comport with its natural
evolutionary design; deviation is "unhealthy" or "diseased"
Socially constructed view is determined by: - ANSWER-social values; any deviation
from socially accepted norm or average is considered to be a disease or disability
Silvers: whatever the consensus is in a society concerning what the word " " designates,
determines ____________ to be provided - ANSWER-what the word "health"
designates, determines health care services to be provided
Boylan suggested 3 different approaches to health: - ANSWER-1. functional
approaches; associated with uncompromised lifespan
2. public health approaches
3. subjectivist approaches
The self-fulfillment approach requires us to: - ANSWER-develop a worldview that is
comprehensive and coherent, one that we would strive to actualize in our daily lives
(personal worldview imperative)
Worldview must be: - ANSWER-CICM: Can I Crab Meat
-comprehensive
-internally coherent
-connect to a normative ethical theory
-minimum, aspirational and acted upon
, Personal worldview imperative is the most ______ and ______ approach to
understanding of human health - ANSWER-most comprehensive and objective
approach
Ethics of care approach would be embraced by: - ANSWER-nurses; choose to nurture
and care
Patient autonomy is the: - ANSWER-moral right on the part of the patient to self-
determination concerning one's own health care
_________ (patient) and __________ (professional) represent mutually exclusive
events - ANSWER-autonomy (patient) and paternalism (professional) = mutually
exclusive; for professional to act paternalistically is for the same professional to have
failed to respect the patient's autonomy
For professionals to respect patient's autonomy is to respect ... - ANSWER-autonomous
goals and preferences; even if a professional does not agree with them
To act beneficently is to behave in a way to... - ANSWER-"do good" on behalf of or to
benefit, someone other than oneself
Nonmaleficence can be traced back to the _____ __ _________ that says "first, do no
______" - ANSWER-traced back to the Oath of Hippocrates, "first, do no harm"
First known evidence of ethical concerns in medicine - ANSWER-Corpus
Hippocraticum; state medical care should be practiced to diminished severity of the
suffering that illness and disease bring in their wake
Virtue ethics (Aristotle) states that: - ANSWER-a person's good character is the
determinative factor in discerning the extent to which that person is a good person
Moral virtues include: - ANSWER--courage
-temperance
-compassion
-generosity
-honesty
-justice
Person in whom moral virtues are found can be relied on to have good _________ and
thereby commit morally _____ actions in moral decision-making decisions - ANSWER-
can be relied on to have good character and thereby commit morally correct actions
Utilitarian Theory of Morality says that human actions are determined to be morally
correct to which they balance on promoting ... - ANSWER-more happiness for everyone
affected by the action
SOLUTIONS
Medical care designates the intention to: - ANSWER-identify and understand disease
states in order to be able to diagnose and treat patients who might suffer from them
T/F: Health care is broader than medical care - ANSWER-T: also considers other
aspects that affect health status of people
What factors are also of concern in practice of health care? - ANSWER-- cultural
- societal
- economic
- educational
- legislative factors
Natural/biological view of health and disease: - ANSWER-views health to be correlated
with the degree with which natural functions of the organism comport with its natural
evolutionary design; deviation is "unhealthy" or "diseased"
Socially constructed view is determined by: - ANSWER-social values; any deviation
from socially accepted norm or average is considered to be a disease or disability
Silvers: whatever the consensus is in a society concerning what the word " " designates,
determines ____________ to be provided - ANSWER-what the word "health"
designates, determines health care services to be provided
Boylan suggested 3 different approaches to health: - ANSWER-1. functional
approaches; associated with uncompromised lifespan
2. public health approaches
3. subjectivist approaches
The self-fulfillment approach requires us to: - ANSWER-develop a worldview that is
comprehensive and coherent, one that we would strive to actualize in our daily lives
(personal worldview imperative)
Worldview must be: - ANSWER-CICM: Can I Crab Meat
-comprehensive
-internally coherent
-connect to a normative ethical theory
-minimum, aspirational and acted upon
, Personal worldview imperative is the most ______ and ______ approach to
understanding of human health - ANSWER-most comprehensive and objective
approach
Ethics of care approach would be embraced by: - ANSWER-nurses; choose to nurture
and care
Patient autonomy is the: - ANSWER-moral right on the part of the patient to self-
determination concerning one's own health care
_________ (patient) and __________ (professional) represent mutually exclusive
events - ANSWER-autonomy (patient) and paternalism (professional) = mutually
exclusive; for professional to act paternalistically is for the same professional to have
failed to respect the patient's autonomy
For professionals to respect patient's autonomy is to respect ... - ANSWER-autonomous
goals and preferences; even if a professional does not agree with them
To act beneficently is to behave in a way to... - ANSWER-"do good" on behalf of or to
benefit, someone other than oneself
Nonmaleficence can be traced back to the _____ __ _________ that says "first, do no
______" - ANSWER-traced back to the Oath of Hippocrates, "first, do no harm"
First known evidence of ethical concerns in medicine - ANSWER-Corpus
Hippocraticum; state medical care should be practiced to diminished severity of the
suffering that illness and disease bring in their wake
Virtue ethics (Aristotle) states that: - ANSWER-a person's good character is the
determinative factor in discerning the extent to which that person is a good person
Moral virtues include: - ANSWER--courage
-temperance
-compassion
-generosity
-honesty
-justice
Person in whom moral virtues are found can be relied on to have good _________ and
thereby commit morally _____ actions in moral decision-making decisions - ANSWER-
can be relied on to have good character and thereby commit morally correct actions
Utilitarian Theory of Morality says that human actions are determined to be morally
correct to which they balance on promoting ... - ANSWER-more happiness for everyone
affected by the action
