EGAN'S CHAPTER 5 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE

Which of the following sanctions can apply when one breaks a law? -:- 1. Reparations or fines 2. Incarceration 3. Licensure suspension What simple question does ethics attempt to answer? -:- How should we act? What ethical issue has recently become a significant concern for respiratory therapists and all health care providers due to a congressional act? -:- Patient's right to privacy In most professions, specific guidance in resolving ethical dilemmas is provided by which of the following? -:- A code of ethics 2 | P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 4 / 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 4 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel! The AARC Code of Ethics holds professionals to which of following principles? -:- 1. Actively maintaining and improving one's competence 2. Following sound scientific procedures and ethical principles in research 3. Promoting disease prevention and wellness 4. Respecting and protecting the rights of patients they treat Primary guiding principles in contemporary ethical decision making include which of the following? -:- 1. Nonmaleficence 2. Autonomy 3. Justice 4. Role fidelity Which ethical principle obliges a respiratory therapist to uphold a patient's right to refuse a treatment? -:- Autonomy 3 | P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 4 / 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 4 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel! A health professional who withholds the truth from a patient, saying it is for his or her own good, is engaged in what practice? -:- Benevolent deception What ethical principle can be used to justify the pain that might occur in drawing blood from a patient for a diagnostic test? -:- Double effect