Chapter 10: Physicians’ Ethical and Legal Issues
| 1: According to the Washington Post (March 2, 2011), doctors in many specialties are referring patients to facilities in which they have ________, possibly leading to unneeded and sometimes dangerous procedures and adding to the nation's bloated medical bill. |
| Staff privileges |
| No financial interest |
| A financial interest |
| Diminshing practice |
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| 2: The medical profession has long subscribed to a body of ethical statements developed primarily for the ________ of the patient. |
| Fractious complaints |
| Benefit |
| Financial assistance |
| Detriment |
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| 3: The Hippocratic Oath was written by ________ in 400 BC. |
| Socrates |
| Descartes |
| Plato |
| Hippocrates |
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| 4: The code of medical ethics provides that a physician shall be dedicated to providing competent medical care, with ________ for human dignity and rights. |
| Compassion and respect |
| A crusade |
| Concern |
| Respect |
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| 5: ________ is a moral value expected of all caregivers. |
| Indifference |
| Compassion |
| Antipathy |
| Suffering |
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| 6: The ________ of clinical privileges should be discipline-specific and based on appropriate predetermined criteria that adhere to national standards. |
| Reconciliation |
| Mastery |
| Presentation |
| Delineation |
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| 7: ________ physicians can have a negative impact on an organization's staff, ultimately affecting the quality of patient care. |
| Charming |
| Cooperative |
| Disruptive and aggressive |
| Cajoling |
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| 8: A physician has a duty to disclose known dangers associated with a proposed course of treatment. It is inappropriate for a physician to pursue a course of treatment other than the one that his or her patient has ________. |
| Given consent to |
| Objected to |
| Forbidden |
| Denied |
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| 9: A physician who decides to withdraw his or her services must provide the patient ________ so that the services of another physician can be obtained. |
| No notice |
| Reasonable notice |
| Closure of his office |
| Obstacles |
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| 10: The ________ alteration, falsification, or destruction of medical records to avoid liability for one's medical negligence is generally sufficient to show actual malice, and punitive damages may be awarded whether or not the active altering, falsifying, or destroying of records directly causes compensable harm. |
| Mistaken |
| Unintentional |
| Reasonable and acceptable |
| Intentional |
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| 11: When a physician determines or should have determined that a patient's disease process is beyond his or her skill or ability to treat with the likelihood of reasonable success, he or she has ________. |
| No duty to disclose such information to the patient |
| A duty to continue treatment without disclosure of such information to the patient |
| A duty to disclose such information to the patient |
| A duty to contemplate disclosure to the patient |
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| 12: Failure to obtain a family history and perform an adequate physical examination ________. |
| Violates the standard of care owed to the patient |
| Violates the needs of the family |
| Violates state insurance rules |
| Demonstrates quality patient care |
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| 13: Patients assume that information collected by the physician will ________. |
| Be posted in the patient waiting area |
| Be held in confidence |
| Be shared openly |
| Be disclosed to the news media |
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| 14: A physician's treatment efforts do not constitute negligence simply because they were unsuccessful in a particular case. A physician ________ the results of his or her treatment. |
| Is required to guarantee |
| Is expected to guarantee |
| Should positively guarantee |
| Cannot be required to guarantee |
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| 15: The two-schools-of-thought doctrine is applicable only in medical malpractice cases in which there is more than one method of accepted treatment for a patient's disease or injury. Under the doctrine, a physician will ________ for medical malpractice if he or she follows the course of treatment supported by reputable, respected, and reasonable medical experts. |
| Be liable |
| Be subject to loss of license |
| Not be liable |
| Be subject to loss of privileges |
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