LAW AND ETHICS EXAM 2

The contract for services with a physician includes

• an agreement to pay for services for as long as they are received by the patient.

• truthful disclosure of conditions by the patient.

• an agreement to provide services by the doctor.

• all of the answers are true

 Exceptions to obtaining consent may include:

• commonly known risks. 
• when the physician does not want to tell the patient the outcome of the treatment.
• when a cure is possible. 
• when a physician guarantees that the treatment will be successful. 

An increase in malpractice insurance premiums has caused

• physicians to refuse more patients.

• physicians to charge more for services than in the past.

• physicians to withdraw from caring for more patients.

• none of the answers are true

A physician can turn away patients that 

• are emergencies.
• they have not agreed to treat.
• are indigent.
• have AIDS.

An indigent patient is one who

• is abandoned by the physician.
• has AIDS.
• is unable to pay for medical care.
• has an emergency. 

Abandonment can be avoided by 

• giving informal notice of withdrawal from a case. 
• giving formal notice of withdrawal from a case.
• writing to another doctor about the case.
• declaring the patient indigent.

The physician, by law, must report to the state any person who

• is HIV or AIDS positive.

• had been noncompliant.

• refuses to pay for medical care.

• all of the answers are true

Testing for HIV first requires

• a physician's order for the test.

• the patient's informed consent.

• the lab's acceptance of the sample

• all of the answers are true

A report of an HIV or AIDS diagnosis must be completed by the

• physician.
• patient.
• local health department.
• patient's family. 

Patient confidentiality does not apply in the case of 

• HIV/AIDS.
• any communicable disease.
• allied health professionals.
• the life or safety of the patient