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WorksheetsProfessionalism_08/11/22
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 5mins
Therapists are often faced with ethical issues in their daily clinical practice. Which of the following would be the most appropriate initial step when faced with an ethical dilemma
Determine an action plan
Seek external support
Gather relevant information
Complete the action plan
A therapist describes an exercise program to a patient using terms such as flexion, extension, and abduction. The patient informs the therapist that she does not understand the instruction. The most appropriate action is to:
Verbally define each term
Provide a written definition of each term
Define each term without using medical terminology
Select a different exercise
A patient rehabilitating from a laminectomy informs a therapist that his work schedule has prohibited him from completing the prescribed home exercise program. The therapist is frustrated with the patient’s admission, particularly since the home exercise program takes only 10 minutes to complete. The most appropriate therapist action is to:
Emphasize the importance of the home exercise program is part of the patient’s rehabilitation program
Ask the patient to make a specific effort to complete the home exercise program
Inform the referring physician that the patient has been noncompliant
Discharge the patient from physical therapy
A therapist completes a family training session with a patient rehabilitating from a spinal cord injury. During the training the family asks a question regarding the functional ability of the patient following rehabilitation. The most appropriate therapist response is to:
Explain to the family that it is difficult to predict since all patients progress differently
Provide information on the expected prognosis based on the nature and severity of the injury
Refer the family to the director of rehabilitation
Refer the family to the patient’s referring physician
Ravi is a 62-year-old man who just had a needle biopsy of the
pancreas showing adenocarcinoma. You run into his brother in the
hall, and he begs you not to tell ravi because the knowledge would
kill him even faster. A family conference to discuss the prognosis is
already scheduled for later that afternoon.
What is the best way for the doctor to handle the situation?6
The doctor should honor the request of the family member
who is protecting his beloved brother from the bad news.
The doctor should tell Ravi's brother that withholding
information is not permitted under any circumstance.
Doctor should withhold informing the patient about the
pancreatic cancer because of the grave diagnosis.
The doctor should ask Ravi how he wants to handle the
information in front of the rest of the family, and allow for
some family discussion time for this matter
