Principles of Health Science: Medical Ethics Quiz

What are advance directives?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• A medical treatment for cancer that can cause side effects like nausea, fatigue, and pain

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

What is autonomy in medical ethics?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• A medical treatment for cancer that can cause side effects like nausea, fatigue, and pain

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

What is beneficence in medical ethics?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• An ethical principle by which a medical professional is required to do good whenever possible

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

What is chemotherapy?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• A medical treatment for cancer that can cause side effects like nausea, fatigue, and pain

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

What is confidentiality in medical ethics?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• An ethical principle by which a medical professional agrees to keep patient data and information private

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

What is fidelity in medical ethics?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• An ethical principle by which a medical professional is required to do good whenever possible

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

Who is a healthcare agent?

• The person designated to make healthcare decisions for the author of an advance directive

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• A medical treatment for cancer that can cause side effects like nausea, fatigue, and pain

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

What is informed consent?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• A process of giving a patient enough information about the potential risks and benefits of any medical treatment

• A patient’s refusal of treatment after being informed of the treatment’s risks and benefits

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

What is informed refusal?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• A patient’s refusal of treatment after being informed of the treatment’s risks and benefits

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

What is a legal contract?

• Formal instructions that allow competent patients to decide in advance about their future medical care

• An ethical principle that gives patients the right to make decisions about their own medical care

• An agreement between two or more parties that is enforced by the government

• A philosophy of professional medical conduct based on the concepts of right and wrong behaviors