Lesson 13 quiz

Based on the medical assistant’s standard of care, you understand that you ___________ if you practice outside of your trained competencies

• are eligible for additional continuing education credits

• are a candidate for training new medical assistants

• give physical examinations and conduct the necessary laboratory tests and X-rays

• risk being sued for negligence

Explain the primary purpose of medical ethics?

• to set moral standards that are expected to be adhered to by the members of the medical profession

• to educate the medical assistant in areas of the law, including criminal behavior

• to provide guidelines for when life support should be withdrawn

• to address when the unborn baby's life should be sacrificed to save the mother

Medical assistants' principles of medical ethics

• address dilemmas regarding right and wrong behavior on an almost daily basis.

• address the life and death ethical decisions that face the physician.

• indicates that all patients have the right to have their personal privacy respected and their medical records handled with confidentiality.

• is identical to the physicians' principles of medical ethics.

Explain the AMA principles of medical ethics

• It addresses dilemmas regarding right and wrong behavior on an almost daily basis.

• It addresses the life and death ethical decisions that face the physician.

• It indicates that all patients have the right to have their personal privacy respected and their medical records handled with confidentiality.

• It discusses dignity, honesty, responsibility to society, confidentiality, the need for continued study, freedom of choice, and a responsibility of the physician to improve the community.

A patient who is upset about the way a physician has communicated with them is protected by the patient's bill of rights for this reason.

• The patient has the right to immediate information.

• The patient has a right to speedy care.

• The patient has a right to demand certain treatment options.

• The patient has the right to considerate and respectful care.

The patients' bill of rights reads that the patient has the right to and is encouraged to obtain from physicians and other direct caregivers relevant, current,

• and understandable information concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

• test procedures to determine the cause of acute or terminal illnesses.

• medication samples provided by the pharmaceutical companies.

• hospital policies and practices that relate to patient care, treatment, and responsibilities.

The patients' bill of rights reads that the patient has the right to be informed of (

• understandable information concerning diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

• test procedures to determine the cause of acute or terminal illnesses.

• medication samples provided by the pharmaceutical companies.

• hospital policies and practices that relate to patient care, treatment, and responsibilities.

The AMA sets ethical standards for all _____ in the United States.

• facilities

• medical assistants

• physicians

• pharmacists

Which part of the AAMA’s code of ethics supports continually improving knowledge and skills of medical assistants?

• human dignity

• confidentiality

• honor

• continued study

Which of the following protects the confidentiality of a patient’s personal and medical information?

• Department of Health and Human Services

• the AMA

• the AAMA

• HIPAA