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WorksheetsHealthcare Careers & Medical Ethics/Legal Responsibilities
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 58mins
A admitting clerk falls under which Health Science pathway?
Health Informatics
Support Services
Diagnostic services
Therapeutic services
A respiratory therapist career falls under which Health Science pathway?
Standard that specifies the knowledge and skills required of workers in health careers that are involved with creating therapeutic environment to provide direct or indirect patient care.
Health Informatic Services
Biotechnology Research and Development Standard
Diagnostic Services
Support Service
Standard that specifies the knowledge and skills required of workers in health care careers that are involved in bioscience research and development.
Biotechnology Research and Development Standards
Diagnostic Service Standard
Support Services
Therapeutic Services
A Biochemist career falls under which Health Science pathway?
Interpreter
Biotechnology Research and Development
Support Services
Therapeutic Services
Specifies the knowledge and skills required of workers in the health care careers that are involved in changing the health status of the patient over time, including interacting w/ patients, communicating with team members, collecting information, planning treatment, implementing procedures, monitoring patient status, and evaluating patient response to treatment.
Therapeutic Services Standards
Diagnostic Service Standards
Support Services
Biotechnology and research
A tort is a civil wrong committed against a person or property
True
False
A crime occurs only if there is a law forbidding a certain act.
True
False
A person who is judged by the court to be insane, senile, or mentally disabled cannot give informed consent.
True
False
A living will is a legal document that makes known a person's wishes about life-support measures.
True
False
A durable power of attorney provides instructions directly to physicians about when treatment should be discontinued.
True
False
The durable power of attorney gives one person the authority to make legal decisions on behalf of another person.
True
False
Once granted, a health care practitioner's license cannot be revoked
True
False
Licensure is a mandatory process, established by law and required of certain health care practitioners.
True
False
It is illegal for clients admitted to hospitals to specify that they do not want to be resuscitated if their hearts stop.
True
False
What is recited by physicians during medical school graduations?
Hippocratic oath
The code of medical ethics
The standard of care
The scope of practice
Which of the following persons can legally give informed consent?
Mike, age 21, who needs repair of a gunshot wound
Susie, age 17, who need stitches
Sabrina, age 19, who was driving while intoxicated and had a car wreck
Adam, age 10, who needs an immunization against tetanus
Informed consent implies that the client understands
the proposed modes of treatment.
all of the answers are correct
the reasons the treatment is necessary.
the risks involved in the proposed treatment.
standard of care
employer’s legal liability for acts performed by employees.
client’s permission for a procedure or treatment.
level of performance expected of a health care worker.
duties determined by the job description, level of training, and qualifications.
scope of practice
employer’s legal liability for acts performed by employees.
client’s permission for a procedure or treatment.
level of performance expected of a health care worker.
duties determined by the job description, level of training, and qualifications.
informed consent
employer’s legal liability for acts performed by employees.
client’s permission for a procedure or treatment.
level of performance expected of a health care worker.
duties determined by the job description, level of training, and qualifications.
Public Health aims to ...
Promote health at a community or population level.
Promote health at a personal level.
Promote health in school.
Promote health to people who are sick.
certificate
Bachelors
Bachelors
________ is intentionally touching without permission.
slander
disclosure
tort
battery
_________________ is a term when a person's freedom is intentionally violated.
slander
false imprisonment
battery
liability
A conflict of moral beliefs is also known as an ______________. An example is euthanasia.
conduct
ethics
ethical dilemma
tort
What is the law or act that ensures a patient's medical information is private?
Family Medical Leave Act
OSHA
HIPAA Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
_________________ is speaking false words about people.
slander
battery
liability
ethics
Negligence is best described as
Acting in a way that causes harm
Behaving unethically
Failing to provide expected care
Harming someone's reputation
Which of the following is a tort?
Defamation of character
Libel
Malpractice
All of the above
Healthcare workers deal mainly with issues involving criminal law.
True
False
Type of advanced directive in which someone is designated to make medical decisions for the person prior to them being unable to do so themselves
Tort
DNR
Living Will
Power of Attorney
The ethical merit of an act is judged in terms of what the consequences would be if such conduct became the general rule.
Act Utilitarianism
Consequentialist Ethics
Rule Utilitarianism
Teleological Ethical System
The ethical merit of an act is judged in terms of immediate and direct consequences
Rule Utitarianism
Act Utilitarianism
Rule of Respect
Golden Rule
The most basic and useful ethics theory.
Consequentialism
The Golden Rule
Kant's Categorical Imperative
Josephson Institute
Distinguish facts from beliefs.
Clarify
Evaluate
Decide
Implement
All individuals are important and the wellbeing of each other is a moral end. Never treat others simply for your gratification.
Rule Utitarianism
Act Utilitarianism
Rule of Respect
Golden Rule
Actions are right and good when they produce benefit, pleasure, or happiness
Principle of Utilitarianism
Kant's Categorical Imperatives
Rule of Respect
Golden Rule
