Ch 3 sec 1 review Medical Ethics and legal responsibilities

_____ concerns whether a healthcare provider’s actions are legal or illegal, whereas _____ concern whether a healthcare provider’s actions are right or wrong.

• Medical ethics; values

• Medical ethics; values

• Values; medical law

• medical ethics; medical law

Which of the following best describes the role of ethics committees in a healthcare facility?

• They resolve ethical problems in the facility.

• They create ethical problems in the facility.

• They reprimand employees for ethical problems in the facility.

• They recommend solutions to ethical problems in the facility.

All of the following are examples of ethical behavior expected in a healthcare facility except _____.

• respecting the privacy of others

• being honest and trustworthy

• stealing from patients

• being aware of your limitations

Which of the following is not part of a person’s values?

• concepts

• laws

• beliefs

• ideas

_____ involves enforcing private rights, and _____ involves criminal behavior.

• criminal law; civil law

• civil law; criminal law

• civil law; tort law

• criminal law; tort law