Chapter 12: Patient Consent
| 1: ________ is the voluntary agreement by a person who possesses sufficient mental capacity to make an intelligent choice to allow something proposed by another to be performed on himself or herself. |
| Injunction |
| Consent |
| Appeasement |
| Disclaimer |
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| 2: ________ is a legal concept that provides that a person has a right to know the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives of a proposed procedure. |
| Judiciary consent |
| Reasonable consent |
| Implied consent |
| Informed consent |
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| 3: Consent that is either verbal or written is referred to as ________ consent. |
| Involuntary |
| Voluntary |
| Express |
| Implied |
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| 4: Smith, a minor, was involved in an automobile accident. ________ consent for treatment applied in this case because Smith was in a comatose state and no family members could be reached for consent. |
| Written |
| Oral |
| Implied |
| Actual |
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| 5: If a patient is unable to make decisions by reason of age or incapacity, a ________ decision-maker may substitute his or her judgment on behalf of the patient. |
| Patient-appointed |
| Nurse |
| Physician |
| Best friend |
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| 6: A ________ is an individual who by law is invested with the power and charged with the duty of taking care of a patient by protecting the patient's rights and managing the patient's estate. |
| Distant friend |
| Guardian |
| Social worker |
| Police officer |
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| 7: Parental consent is not necessary for a/an ________. |
| Infant |
| Older child |
| Emancipated minor |
| Elective procedure |
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| 8: A person who is ________ cannot legally consent to a medical or surgical treatment. |
| Competent |
| An emancipated minor |
| Under 25 years of age |
| Mentally incompetent |
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| 9: A competent patient's refusal to consent to medical or surgical procedure must ________. |
| Not be honored |
| Be adhered to |
| Be ignored |
| In all circumstances be reviewed by a judge |
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| 10: Justice Cardozo stated, "Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body, and a surgeon who performs an operation without his patient's consent ________. . . ." |
| Is justified in overruling the patient's decision to refuse treatment |
| Performs a legal duty |
| Commits an assault |
| Has every right to do so |
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| 11: It is the ________ who has the education, expertise, skill, and training necessary to treat a patient and determine what information a patient should have in order to give informed consent. |
| Treating physician |
| Bedside nurse |
| Consulting physician |
| Ethics committee |
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