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Chapter 01: Ethics and Professionalism
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Beemsterboer: Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE u1
1. When was the inception of the profession of dental hygiene?
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a. In ancient Greece u1 u1
b. In the early 1800s u1 u1 u1
c. In the early 1900s u1 u1 u1
d. In 1979 u1
ANS: u 1 C
The scope of practice of a dental hygienist was first established by law in Connecticut in 1
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915. Alfred C. Fones taught his dental assistant, Irene Newman, to treat patients and to teac
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h them to maintain their mouths in a clean state. In 1913, Fones established the first schoo
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l for dental hygienists in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The first oath written for dental hygienist
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s called upon Apollo and Hygeia, who were the Greek god and goddess of health, respecti
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vely. A modernized version of the first oath was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the
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American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) in 1979.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 u1u1 u1 u 1 u 1
TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.1 Ethical Principles, including informed consent
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2. Which member of the dental team is the primary oral preventive therapist?
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a. Dentist
b. Dental hygienist u1
c. Dental assistant u1
d. Receptionist
ANS: u 1 B
The dental hygienist is the oral preventive therapist in the dental office. The dentists who p
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ioneered this special field of endeavor had a vision of the day when dental disease could be
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prevented by following a system of treatment and cleanliness. The dentist is primarily con
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cerned with restorative treatment, although he or she also shares in preventing oral disease.
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The dental assistant assists the dentist and may assist the dental hygienist as well. The rece
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ptionist greets patients and may help with the business and financial aspects of the practice.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 4 OBJ: 1 u1u1 u1 u 1 u 1
TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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3. The dental hygiene oath is revised by action of which of the following profession
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al organizations?
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a. The American Dental Association (ADA)
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b. The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA)
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c. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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d. The Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP)
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e. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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ANS: u 1 B
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The first dental hygiene oath was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the American Dental
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Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) in 1979 and is still in use today. The oath may be seen at th
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e following website (www.adha.org/aboutadha/dhoath.htm). The American Dental Associatio
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n has an oath for dentists. A copy of each oath may be found in the textbook.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 u1u1 u1 u 1 u 1
TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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4. Society recognizes that health care providers are held to a higher standard than legislati
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ve mandate. These higher standards are expressed in professional codes of ethics and a
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re enforced by the legal system.
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a. Both statements are true. u1 u1 u1
b. Both statements are false. u1 u1 u1
c. The first statement is true, the second statement is false.
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d. The first statement is false, the second statement is true.
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ANS: u 1 C
Health care providers are held to a higher standard than can be expressed exclusively by leg
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islative mandate. While it is true that these higher standards are expressed in professional co
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des of ethics, they are enforced by those within the profession rather than by the legal syste
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m. Important components of this enforcement include self-
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regulation and submission to peer review. u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 4 u 1 u1
OBJ: 1 TOP: u 1 u1 u 1 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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5. Success is measured by financial gain in the corporate world; however, for the health ca
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re professional the patient’s welfare is placed above profit.
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a. Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
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b. Both the statement and reason are correct but NOT related.
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c. The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
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d. The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
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e. NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct. u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
ANS: u 1 A
Because the welfare of the patient is more important than profit, society has granted the healt
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h care professional a certain status that carries prestige, power, and the right to apply specia
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l knowledge and skills.
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DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 4 u 1 u1
OBJ: 2 TOP: u 1 u1 u 1 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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6. Which of the following is regarded as the most important aspect of the delivery of health c
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are services?
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a. Technical skill u1
b. Appropriate knowledge u1
c. Critical judgment u1
d. Caring
ANS: u 1 D
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Although all of the choices are important, caring is regarded as the most important. Patients
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1perceive this essence of caring and respond to it. Trust is the critical foundation for the rela
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tionship between the person seeking services and the health care provider. The caring that the
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patient seeks also gives the provider the greatest opportunity for professional service and sa
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tisfaction.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 4 OBJ: 2 u1u1 u1 u 1 u 1
TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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7. The publication ―Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter‖ s
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et out three fundamental principles, including patient welfare, patient autonomy, and the
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principle of social justice, because it is thought this will reinvigorate the value of professi
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onalism.
a. Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
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b. Both the statement and reason are correct but NOT related.
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c. The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
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d. The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
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e. NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct. u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
ANS: u 1 A
The Physician Charter sets out three fundamental principles that are not new but reinforce t
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he foundation of the medical profession as one of service to others. The ethical principles o
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f the primacy of patient welfare (beneficence and nonmaleficence) and patient autonomy are
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listed first; the principle of social justice is the third main tenet. The desired goal was to rei
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nvigorate the value of professionalism that includes social responsibility, the ethic of care, a
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nd access to that care, for all members of society.
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DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 5 u 1 u1
OBJ: 3 TOP: u 1 u1 u 1 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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8. Each of the following is a requirement for licensure of a dental hygienist in the United Sta
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tes EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?
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a. Completion of a higher education accredited program u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
b. Graduation from a college or university u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
c. Passed a written national board examination u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
d. Passed a clinical national board examination u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
ANS: u 1 D
There is no clinical national board examination. The dental hygiene candidate for licensure
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must pass a state or regional clinical examination. Examples of regional boards include the
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Council of Interstate Testing Agencies (CITA), the Central Regional Dental Testing Services
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, Inc. (CRDTS), the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments (CDCA), the Souther
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n Regional Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), and the Western Regional Examining Board (WERB
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).
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 5 u 1 u1
OBJ: 3 TOP: u 1 u1 u 1 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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9. Which of the following characteristics is used to separate the professional from the layperson
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?
a. Competency
b. Quality performance u1
c. A specialized body of knowledge and skill of value to society
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Chapter 01: Ethics and Professionalism
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Beemsterboer: Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE u1
1. When was the inception of the profession of dental hygiene?
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a. In ancient Greece u1 u1
b. In the early 1800s u1 u1 u1
c. In the early 1900s u1 u1 u1
d. In 1979 u1
ANS: u 1 C
The scope of practice of a dental hygienist was first established by law in Connecticut in 1
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915. Alfred C. Fones taught his dental assistant, Irene Newman, to treat patients and to teac
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h them to maintain their mouths in a clean state. In 1913, Fones established the first schoo
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l for dental hygienists in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The first oath written for dental hygienist
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
s called upon Apollo and Hygeia, who were the Greek god and goddess of health, respecti
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vely. A modernized version of the first oath was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the
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American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) in 1979.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 u1u1 u1 u 1 u 1
TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.1 Ethical Principles, including informed consent
u 1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
2. Which member of the dental team is the primary oral preventive therapist?
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a. Dentist
b. Dental hygienist u1
c. Dental assistant u1
d. Receptionist
ANS: u 1 B
The dental hygienist is the oral preventive therapist in the dental office. The dentists who p
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
ioneered this special field of endeavor had a vision of the day when dental disease could be
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prevented by following a system of treatment and cleanliness. The dentist is primarily con
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cerned with restorative treatment, although he or she also shares in preventing oral disease.
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The dental assistant assists the dentist and may assist the dental hygienist as well. The rece
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ptionist greets patients and may help with the business and financial aspects of the practice.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 4 OBJ: 1 u1u1 u1 u 1 u 1
TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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3. The dental hygiene oath is revised by action of which of the following profession
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al organizations?
u1
a. The American Dental Association (ADA)
u1 u1 u1 u1
b. The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA)
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c. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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d. The Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP)
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e. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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ANS: u 1 B
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The first dental hygiene oath was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the American Dental
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Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) in 1979 and is still in use today. The oath may be seen at th
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
e following website (www.adha.org/aboutadha/dhoath.htm). The American Dental Associatio
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n has an oath for dentists. A copy of each oath may be found in the textbook.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 u1u1 u1 u 1 u 1
TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
u 1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
4. Society recognizes that health care providers are held to a higher standard than legislati
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ve mandate. These higher standards are expressed in professional codes of ethics and a
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re enforced by the legal system.
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a. Both statements are true. u1 u1 u1
b. Both statements are false. u1 u1 u1
c. The first statement is true, the second statement is false.
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d. The first statement is false, the second statement is true.
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ANS: u 1 C
Health care providers are held to a higher standard than can be expressed exclusively by leg
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islative mandate. While it is true that these higher standards are expressed in professional co
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
des of ethics, they are enforced by those within the profession rather than by the legal syste
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
m. Important components of this enforcement include self-
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
regulation and submission to peer review. u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 4 u 1 u1
OBJ: 1 TOP: u 1 u1 u 1 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
5. Success is measured by financial gain in the corporate world; however, for the health ca
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re professional the patient’s welfare is placed above profit.
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a. Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
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b. Both the statement and reason are correct but NOT related.
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c. The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
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d. The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
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e. NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct. u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
ANS: u 1 A
Because the welfare of the patient is more important than profit, society has granted the healt
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
h care professional a certain status that carries prestige, power, and the right to apply specia
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
l knowledge and skills.
u1 u1 u1
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 4 u 1 u1
OBJ: 2 TOP: u 1 u1 u 1 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
6. Which of the following is regarded as the most important aspect of the delivery of health c
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
are services?
u1
a. Technical skill u1
b. Appropriate knowledge u1
c. Critical judgment u1
d. Caring
ANS: u 1 D
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Although all of the choices are important, caring is regarded as the most important. Patients
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1perceive this essence of caring and respond to it. Trust is the critical foundation for the rela
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tionship between the person seeking services and the health care provider. The caring that the
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patient seeks also gives the provider the greatest opportunity for professional service and sa
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
tisfaction.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 4 OBJ: 2 u1u1 u1 u 1 u 1
TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
u 1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
7. The publication ―Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter‖ s
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
et out three fundamental principles, including patient welfare, patient autonomy, and the
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
principle of social justice, because it is thought this will reinvigorate the value of professi
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
onalism.
a. Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
b. Both the statement and reason are correct but NOT related.
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
c. The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
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d. The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
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e. NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct. u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
ANS: u 1 A
The Physician Charter sets out three fundamental principles that are not new but reinforce t
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he foundation of the medical profession as one of service to others. The ethical principles o
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f the primacy of patient welfare (beneficence and nonmaleficence) and patient autonomy are
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
listed first; the principle of social justice is the third main tenet. The desired goal was to rei
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nvigorate the value of professionalism that includes social responsibility, the ethic of care, a
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nd access to that care, for all members of society.
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 5 u 1 u1
OBJ: 3 TOP: u 1 u1 u 1 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
8. Each of the following is a requirement for licensure of a dental hygienist in the United Sta
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tes EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?
u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
a. Completion of a higher education accredited program u1 u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
b. Graduation from a college or university u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
c. Passed a written national board examination u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
d. Passed a clinical national board examination u1 u1 u1 u1 u1
ANS: u 1 D
There is no clinical national board examination. The dental hygiene candidate for licensure
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must pass a state or regional clinical examination. Examples of regional boards include the
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Council of Interstate Testing Agencies (CITA), the Central Regional Dental Testing Services
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