California Law and Ethics PSI exam 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
This term affirms the doctor-patient relationship and affirms the foundation for informed
consent, protecting patient confidentiality and upholding veracity - CORRECT
ANSWER - autonomy
this term is often cited as a fundamental principle of ethics, is the obligation to benefit others and
seek their good - CORRECT ANSWER - beneficence
the dentist refrains from harming the patient by reffering to those with specialized expertize
when clinician skills are insufficient - CORRECT ANSWER - beneficence
this term requires caring and the ability to identify with the patient's well-being, relieving pain
and suffering and other acts of kindness and sympathetic ear - CORRECT ANSWER -
compassion
this term requires continual self-assessment about the outcome of patient care and involves a
commitment to lifelong learning, it is expected from the provider - CORRECT
ANSWER - competence
this term dictates the provider to behave with honor and decency, it affirms when words, actions
or intentions are in conflict with one's own values and conscience, it commits providers to to
uphold code of ethics, it safeguards, influences and promotes the highest professional standards -
CORRECT ANSWER - integrity
this term is associated with fairness or giving to each his or her own due, it deals with issues such
as who recieves treatment first or at all - CORRECT ANSWER - justice
this term deals with balancing the distribution of benefits and burdens in practice - CORRECT
ANSWER - justice
, this term deals with self-governance and its the hallmark of a profession, it works for the
collective best interest of society - CORRECT ANSWER - professionalism
this term challenges providers to practice with an increasingly complex cultural and ethnically
diverse community, conventional attitudes regarding pain, appropriate function and esthetics, it
requires that the provider realize these diferences may affect patient choices and treatment -
CORRECT ANSWER - tolerance
honesty or truth telling, it's the bedrock of a trusting doctor-patient relationship, it's required the
provider be honest to the patient for a true informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER -
veracity
the obligation to act in a manner that maintains or elevates the esteem of the profession -
CORRECT ANSWER - professional esteem
they provide the foundation for ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - fundamental principles
this term states that if one individual judges an action to be right or wrong in a given situation,
other people considering the same action in the same situation would make the same judgement -
CORRECT ANSWER - universality
this terms recognizes the existance of an abligation to justice and basic human rights, it requires
considering the values and perspectives of others before making decisions or actions affecting
them - CORRECT ANSWER - complementarity
the general standards or right and wrong that guide behavior within society, its a generally
accepted action, they can be judged by determining the extent to which they promote good and
minimize harm. It compels us to engage in health promotion and disease prevention activities -
CORRECT ANSWER - ethics
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
This term affirms the doctor-patient relationship and affirms the foundation for informed
consent, protecting patient confidentiality and upholding veracity - CORRECT
ANSWER - autonomy
this term is often cited as a fundamental principle of ethics, is the obligation to benefit others and
seek their good - CORRECT ANSWER - beneficence
the dentist refrains from harming the patient by reffering to those with specialized expertize
when clinician skills are insufficient - CORRECT ANSWER - beneficence
this term requires caring and the ability to identify with the patient's well-being, relieving pain
and suffering and other acts of kindness and sympathetic ear - CORRECT ANSWER -
compassion
this term requires continual self-assessment about the outcome of patient care and involves a
commitment to lifelong learning, it is expected from the provider - CORRECT
ANSWER - competence
this term dictates the provider to behave with honor and decency, it affirms when words, actions
or intentions are in conflict with one's own values and conscience, it commits providers to to
uphold code of ethics, it safeguards, influences and promotes the highest professional standards -
CORRECT ANSWER - integrity
this term is associated with fairness or giving to each his or her own due, it deals with issues such
as who recieves treatment first or at all - CORRECT ANSWER - justice
this term deals with balancing the distribution of benefits and burdens in practice - CORRECT
ANSWER - justice
, this term deals with self-governance and its the hallmark of a profession, it works for the
collective best interest of society - CORRECT ANSWER - professionalism
this term challenges providers to practice with an increasingly complex cultural and ethnically
diverse community, conventional attitudes regarding pain, appropriate function and esthetics, it
requires that the provider realize these diferences may affect patient choices and treatment -
CORRECT ANSWER - tolerance
honesty or truth telling, it's the bedrock of a trusting doctor-patient relationship, it's required the
provider be honest to the patient for a true informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER -
veracity
the obligation to act in a manner that maintains or elevates the esteem of the profession -
CORRECT ANSWER - professional esteem
they provide the foundation for ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - fundamental principles
this term states that if one individual judges an action to be right or wrong in a given situation,
other people considering the same action in the same situation would make the same judgement -
CORRECT ANSWER - universality
this terms recognizes the existance of an abligation to justice and basic human rights, it requires
considering the values and perspectives of others before making decisions or actions affecting
them - CORRECT ANSWER - complementarity
the general standards or right and wrong that guide behavior within society, its a generally
accepted action, they can be judged by determining the extent to which they promote good and
minimize harm. It compels us to engage in health promotion and disease prevention activities -
CORRECT ANSWER - ethics
