Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics
2024/2025 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
Laws - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Societal rules or regulations that are advisable or
obligatory to observe.
Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A set of moral standards and a code for behavior
that govern an individuals interactions with other individuals and within
society.
It is a critical reflection about morality and the rational analysis of it.
Morality - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What people do in fact believe to be right and
good.
Bioethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ethical implications of bio-medical technology
and its practices.
Roe v. Wade - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Court case that was a landmark decision by
the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. Decided
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,simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton, the Court ruled 7-2
that a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment
extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that this right
must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating
abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting women's health.
Hippocratic oath - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An oath historically taken by physicians.
It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It requires a new
physician to swear on a number of healing gods to uphold specific ethical
standards.
The Geneva Convention Code of Medical Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is a
declaration of a physician's dedication to the humanitarian goals of
medicine, a declaration that was especially important in view of the medical
crimes which had just been committed in Nazi Germany. The Declaration of
Geneva was intended as a revision[2] of the Hippocratic Oath to a
formulation of that oath's moral truths that could be comprehended and
acknowledged in a modern way.
The Nuremberg Code - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A set of research ethics principles
for human experimentation set as a result of the Subsequent Nuremberg
Trials at the end of the Second World War.
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,Declaration of Helsinki - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A set of ethical principles regarding
human experimentation developed for the medical community by the World
Medical Association (WMA). It is widely regarded as the cornerstone
document on human research ethics.
Medical Assistant Code of Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sets forth principles of
ethical and moral conduct as they relate to the medical profession and the
particular practice of medical assisting.
Principle of Medical Ethics (AMA) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Standards of conduct
which define the essentials of honorable behavior for the physician.
Blanchard & Peale's The Power of Ethical Management - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Book on ethics that includes a three-step decision check:
Is it legal or in accordance with institutional or company policy?
Does it promote a win-win situation with as many individuals
(client/employee/employer) as possible?
How would I feel about myself were I to read about my decision in the daily
paper? How would my family feel? Can I look myself in the mirror?
Patient Bill of Rights - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A list of guarantees for those
receiving medical care. It may take the form of a law or a non-binding
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, declaration. Typically a patient's bill of rights guarantees patients
information, fair treatment, and autonomy over medical decisions, among
other rights.
What qualities must a HCP have? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tact, diligence &
knowledge, caring & sensitivity, compassion, honesty & integrity.
Bond - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An insurance contract by which a bonding agency
guarantees payment of a specified sum to an employer in the event of a
financial loss to the employer caused by the act of a specified employee; a
legal obligation to pay specific sums.
Pluralistic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Referring to numerous distinct ethnic, religious,
and cultural groups that coexist in society.
Burglary - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Breaking and entering with intent to commit a
felony.
Capitation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Health care providers are paid a fixed monthly
fee for a range of services for each HMO member in their care.
Conglomerate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A corporation of a number of different
companies operating in a number of different fields.
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2024/2025 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
Laws - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Societal rules or regulations that are advisable or
obligatory to observe.
Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A set of moral standards and a code for behavior
that govern an individuals interactions with other individuals and within
society.
It is a critical reflection about morality and the rational analysis of it.
Morality - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔What people do in fact believe to be right and
good.
Bioethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ethical implications of bio-medical technology
and its practices.
Roe v. Wade - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Court case that was a landmark decision by
the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. Decided
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton, the Court ruled 7-2
that a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment
extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that this right
must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating
abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting women's health.
Hippocratic oath - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An oath historically taken by physicians.
It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It requires a new
physician to swear on a number of healing gods to uphold specific ethical
standards.
The Geneva Convention Code of Medical Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is a
declaration of a physician's dedication to the humanitarian goals of
medicine, a declaration that was especially important in view of the medical
crimes which had just been committed in Nazi Germany. The Declaration of
Geneva was intended as a revision[2] of the Hippocratic Oath to a
formulation of that oath's moral truths that could be comprehended and
acknowledged in a modern way.
The Nuremberg Code - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A set of research ethics principles
for human experimentation set as a result of the Subsequent Nuremberg
Trials at the end of the Second World War.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Declaration of Helsinki - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A set of ethical principles regarding
human experimentation developed for the medical community by the World
Medical Association (WMA). It is widely regarded as the cornerstone
document on human research ethics.
Medical Assistant Code of Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sets forth principles of
ethical and moral conduct as they relate to the medical profession and the
particular practice of medical assisting.
Principle of Medical Ethics (AMA) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Standards of conduct
which define the essentials of honorable behavior for the physician.
Blanchard & Peale's The Power of Ethical Management - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Book on ethics that includes a three-step decision check:
Is it legal or in accordance with institutional or company policy?
Does it promote a win-win situation with as many individuals
(client/employee/employer) as possible?
How would I feel about myself were I to read about my decision in the daily
paper? How would my family feel? Can I look myself in the mirror?
Patient Bill of Rights - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A list of guarantees for those
receiving medical care. It may take the form of a law or a non-binding
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, declaration. Typically a patient's bill of rights guarantees patients
information, fair treatment, and autonomy over medical decisions, among
other rights.
What qualities must a HCP have? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tact, diligence &
knowledge, caring & sensitivity, compassion, honesty & integrity.
Bond - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An insurance contract by which a bonding agency
guarantees payment of a specified sum to an employer in the event of a
financial loss to the employer caused by the act of a specified employee; a
legal obligation to pay specific sums.
Pluralistic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Referring to numerous distinct ethnic, religious,
and cultural groups that coexist in society.
Burglary - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Breaking and entering with intent to commit a
felony.
Capitation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Health care providers are paid a fixed monthly
fee for a range of services for each HMO member in their care.
Conglomerate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A corporation of a number of different
companies operating in a number of different fields.
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