HEALTHCARE ETHICS CHAPTER 1-5 (FOR FINAL Exam) complete questions

1. Laws: obligatory societal rules. 2. Ethical issues include: right to refuse immunization. 3. Bioethical issues: relating to biomedical technology and its practices. 4. Ethics is/are .: ditterent in every culture. 5. are groups of individuals who put a plan in place before an ethical crisis occurs.: ethics committees 6. Laws are designed to protect the and of society.: welfare, safety 7. "Is it legal or in accordance with institutional or company policy" is a question developed by and to help with ethical dilemmas.: Blanchard, Peale 8. Ethics is a set of moral standards.: true 9. Discussion of law, ethics, or bioethics will include discussion of the others.: true 10. Factors that influence law, ethics, and bioethics include:: medical insurance and managed care; potential for greed in health care; emerging medical technology. 11. "Co-payment" is the expense providers pay for insurance participation.: False 12. General liability helps a provider to cover any malpractice suits.: false 13. An HMO makes use of the concept of a primary care provider (PCP) as a method of controlling costs. This PCP is known as a:: gatekeeper 14. Employees might choose to work in a group practice because:: there are opportu- nities for advancement. 15. A provider who receives all the profits and takes all the risks is practicing in a:: sole proprietorship 16. The federal government has set forth incentives for medical school gradu- ates to pay their college loans if they commit to practice in for a set amount of time.: a rural area 17. The increased power of continues to take decision mak- ing away from providers and clients.: insurance carriers 18. Some communities may require providers to obtain a/an before allowing a facility to open for the practice of medicine.: business license 19. Define general liability for providers.: General liability regards business matters and protects a provider against loss. A provider needs to be covered against theft, burglary, fire, and employees' safety. Non-owner automobile insurance may also be necessary. 20. The HMO: was introduced to emphasize preventive health care. 21. Legally, all health-care professionals must follow the rules of:: the state in which they are employed 22. State regulations regarding health-care professionals vary from state to state. These state regulations are outlined in the:: medical practice acts 23. is an agreement between states that recognizes the licensing procedures for health: endorsement of reciprocity 24. Certification and registration are for many allied health-care employees.: voluntary 25. Briefly discuss the importance of the statement, "Each health professional is a vital link in the chain to quality health care.": the "team" concept of medicine and that each health professional has a vital role to play in the total health care of clients. There should be no place for competition among health professionals or "turf battles" over who can provide the best service so long as everyone functions within their scope of practice, training, and education. The goal is to complement one another in the health-care arena. 26. Certification credentials imply that professionals have met certain standards identified by a particular organization.: true 27. Registration, the strongest form of regulation, is a credential granted by state statutes to perform specific acts.: false 28. State statutes may determine:: scope of practice for any and all health professionals; will vary from state to state; punishment for failure to comply. 29. A custodian in a provider's office is considered part of the "team.": true 30. Professional coders:: correctly apply codes to procedures, supplies, and so forth, for billing purposes. 31. Respondeat superior is a(n):: a legal doctrine 32. When a provider is found negligent in a civil case, the provider can be expected to:: pay assessed monetary damages 33. Spoken and written statements that are malicious, false, and tend to damage a client's reputation are called:: defamation 34. Which of the following claims of negligence would fit into the category of res ipsa loquitur?: Leaving a foreign body inside a client who had surgery