[4] EOPA Review: Allied Health: Ethics in Healthcare

Most codes of ethics that govern the

behavior of healthcare professions are

written by:

• Licensing agencies.

• State boards of health.

• Professional organizations.

• Health science textbook companies.

What statement about euthanasia and

healthcare professionals is true?

• The decision to employ methods of

  euthanasia is exclusively the physician’s.

• Many healthcare professionals feel

  euthanasia is contrary to their

  professional ethics.

• Healthcare workers should always follow

  their ethical beliefs, regardless of what the

  physician orders or the patient requests.

• Euthanasia is always illegal and

  unethical.

A grief-stricken family in the emergency room has

just been notified of the death of their child who

was hit by a car. What should the physician ask

regarding organ transplantation?

• Do not ask since the family is in shock and

  cannot make an informed decision.

• Wait for five or six hours until the family has

  had time to accept their loss and then ask about

  organ donation.

• Immediately ask the family for permission to

  donate the child’s organs for transplantation.

• Start the process of removing the organs, and

  hope the family will give permission when asked.

A couple wishes to have their own biological

child, but the wife had a hysterectomy for

medical reasons when she was 25 years old.

What option would give them the best hope for

having a child?

• Genetic counseling and fertility drugs

• Artificial insemination with sperm from a

  sperm bank

• IVF of their own egg and sperm with implantation in a surrogate

A nursing assistant refuses a request by

the charge nurse to take a pain pill to a

patient. The assistant believes that giving

the pain medication would be a violation of

his/her:

• Scope of practice.

• Religious beliefs.

• Reasonable accommodation.

• Rights under OSHA rules.

What MOST LIKELY would be a task of a

hospital ethics committee?

• Approve discontinuation of life support

  on a terminally ill patient.

• Allow the hiring of a physical therapist

  whose license has been revoked.

• Termination of an employee who has

  frequent absences.

• Censure a physician who is dating a

  medical laboratory technician.

A psychiatrist recommends a 17 year-old

be admitted to a psychiatric facility to treat

his depression. The parents refuse. Two

weeks later, the teen commits suicide.

The psychiatrist has MOST LIKELY

violated:

• Ethical Standards

• Legal Standards

• Both Ethical and Legal Standards

• Neither Ethical nor Legal Standards

Janie is frequently late for work. Even

when she arrives on time, she takes ten

minutes to finish applying her make-up

and putting her hair up before beginning

work. Her behavior MOST LIKELY

violates:

• Ethical standards.

• Legal Standards.

• Both

• Neither

Avi is born in Nigeria to African parents

and is adopted at age 6 months by

Spanish parents. He grows up in Spain as

a Roman Catholic. If Avi identifies himself

as a Spaniard, he is describing his:

• Race.

• Ethnicity.

• Culture.

• Religion.

Cammie was born and raised in South

Africa. Her skin, hair, and bone structure

are Caucasian. What is her race?

• African

• African-American

• South African

• White