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WorksheetsRadiology Ethics and Legal Principles Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The main purpose of workplace ethics in healthcare is to—
Help professionals decide what is right and fair
Ensure every action follows personal beliefs
Replace all laws and policies
Prevent mistakes through punishment
Morals are best described as—
Rules written by the ARRT
Personal beliefs about right and wrong
Standards created by employers
Laws that guide society
Which of the following describes professional ethics?
Manners and politeness at work
Rules for licensed healthcare professionals
Opinions about personal values
Requirements for legal contracts
Professional etiquette in healthcare focuses on—
Legal rights of patients
Behavior and manners toward patients and coworkers
Clinical skills and accuracy
Written hospital rules
The ARRT Standards of Ethics are designed to—
Set federal laws for all healthcare workers
Outline expected professional conduct for technologists
Protect hospitals from lawsuits
Replace HIPAA privacy policies
A technologist who continues to learn new techniques demonstrates—
Autonomy
Competence
Confidentiality
Accountability
Communicating truthfully and respectfully with patients shows—
Ethical conduct
Legal consent
Administrative compliance
Professional privilege
Acting within your professional “scope of practice” means—
Only performing duties you are trained and licensed to do
Completing all physician responsibilities
Overseeing staff from other departments
Reporting only serious safety issues
The ethical principle of “beneficence” means—
Doing what benefits the patient most
Treating everyone equally
Avoiding any communication errors
Acting under direct physician orders only
The ethical principle of “autonomy” allows patients to—
Make their own informed healthcare decisions
Choose their technologist
Refuse to pay for treatment
Overrule physician orders
Civil law primarily deals with—
Crimes like theft or assault
Disputes between people or organizations
Public safety enforcement
Breaking HIPAA policies only
An intentional tort occurs when—
Harm happens accidentally
A person’s actions are careless but not planned
A deliberate act causes harm to another
A contract is broken between two employees
An unintentional tort like negligence happens when a technologist—
Purposefully harms a patient
Acts without reasonable care, causing injury
Commits a crime during work
Breaks a professional promise
Professional negligence by a licensed healthcare worker is known as—
Malpractice
Battery
Defamation
False imprisonment
Threatening to restrain a patient during an exam could be considered—
Assault
Battery
Negligence
False imprisonment
Performing an exam after a patient withdraws consent would be—
Defamation
Assault
Battery
Malpractice
Keeping a patient in a room against their will is an example of—
Invasion of privacy
False imprisonment
Malpractice
Slander
Making false spoken statements that harm someone’s reputation is called—
Libel
Slander
Defamation by publication
Negligence
The purpose of the Patient Bill of Rights is to ensure that patients—
Understand and can exercise privacy and consent
Receive free healthcare
Have control over hospital staff
Can override medical advice
Before performing a procedure, the technologist explains risks and alternatives. This demonstrates—
Implied consent
Informed consent
Legal doctrine
Advance directive
A patient who extends their arm for a blood pressure reading gives—
Written consent
Verbal consent
Implied consent
No consent
HIPAA was created to—
Protect patient privacy and health information
Define malpractice standards
Set hospital safety rules
Enforce employment law
A Living Will is a document that—
Lists a patient’s wishes for medical treatment if they cannot communicate
Names a person to make financial decisions
Gives consent for minor procedures
Outlines hospital visitation policies
A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care allows—
Someone to make medical decisions if the patient cannot
The hospital to assign a guardian automatically
Family members to change medical records
Physicians to override patient requests
The legal doctrine Respondeat Superior means—
“The master must answer” — employers are responsible for employee actions
“The thing speaks for itself” — negligence is obvious
Patients are responsible for their outcomes
Courts decide all liability automatically
The phrase Res Ipsa Loquitur applies when—
A patient is harmed and the cause is clearly due to negligence
A technologist acts under physician orders
Consent cannot be obtained
A patient refuses treatment
The Good Samaritan Law protects healthcare workers who—
Give emergency aid in good faith within their training
Perform procedures without consent
Volunteer at hospitals regularly
Refuse to treat patients outside work hours
The Statute of Limitations determines—
How long a person has to file a lawsuit
The time allowed for medical treatment
A patient’s consent period
The hospital’s right to terminate staff
Professional accountability means that technologists must—
Accept responsibility for their actions and outcomes
Report only minor errors
Wait for supervisors to handle mistakes
Avoid documentation to prevent liability
When facing an ethical dilemma, the first step a technologist should take is to—
Identify the issue and who is affected
Ask a coworker for advice immediately
Ignore the problem to avoid conflict
Wait for the patient to decide
