QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Autonomy - ANSWERS -"Self determination"
or
"Self government"
Challenge: Mental retardation or dementia
or rational suicide (helping someone kill themselves
\.Nonmaleficence - ANSWERS -- Do no harm, minimizing harm
-Challenge: keeping someone on a ventilator or withdrawing treatment
Their own view of what is harmful may be inconsistent with perspective of others
\.Beneficence - ANSWERS -- The duty to "do good"
- Cultural issues and not consulting with others
\.Justice - ANSWERS -- The fairness regarding treatment of others and how
goods and services are distributed
, - Challenges: Costs of care, health insurance, discrimination
\.Fidelity - ANSWERS -- Importance of trust and loyalty in professional
relationships
- Challenge: Gay man dying of AIDS related conditions may refuse to inform his
parents of situation because of rejection
Physicians not giving the patients the most accurate time to live
\.Approximately how much has the average life expectancy in the US increased
since 1900? - ANSWERS -- Increased from 47 to 77 years
\.What is the approximate death rate per 1000 in the US today? - ANSWERS --
Today it is 8.7 per 1000
\.According to the text what is the leading cause of death in the US today? -
ANSWERS -- Leading cause is heart disease then cancer
\.Define Epidemiologic transition - ANSWERS -- The historical shift in disease
patterns, which is characterized mainly by redistribution of deaths from the young
to the old