Ethical Principles in Health Science Quiz

What is autonomy ?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

• The requirement for emergency medical facilities to provide care to all individuals

What is beneficence?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

• The requirement for emergency medical facilities to provide care to all individuals

What are codes of ethics in health science?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• Principles to guide professional conduct and identify the responsibilities of health science professionals

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

What is confidentiality in health science?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• Principles to guide professional conduct and identify the responsibilities of health science professionals

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

What is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• Principles to guide professional conduct and identify the responsibilities of health science professionals

• The requirement for emergency medical facilities to provide care to all individuals

What is ethics?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• Moral principles of an individual or organization which guide decisions

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• The most common regulatory law in health science which protects confidential patient healthcare information from being shared

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

What does the Health Insurance Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) do?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• Audits healthcare providers to ensure compliance with HIPAA security and privacy requirements

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

What is informed consent in health science?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• Requires individuals to be informed or obtain legal authorization to be used as a subject for research

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

What is justice in health science?

• The patient's right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• The healthcare professional's duty to refrain from maltreatment and minimize harm

• The patient's right to fair and equal treatment

• The ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization