Legal Considerations and Bioethics

All of the following are considered the four D's of malpractice EXCEPT:

Allowing a free flow of ideas during the ethical reasoning process

Which of the following is within a medical assistant's scope of practice:

Which of the following term refers to a person accused in a court of law?

Which of the following refers to a written form of defamation?

If a physician fails to make arrangements for a patient's continued medical care, it can be considered:

A medical assistant who tells a patient that she heard his son's pediatrician drinks too much may be sued for:

Which of the following is not covered under the Good Samaritan Law?

person has an unfair or incorrect belief that stems from prejudice & inhibits impartial judgment

Which of the following is true with regards to maintaining a physician's medical license?

A person's right to their self-determination is known as:

Specialized branch of ethics that deals w/ humans behavior w/in the context of modern medicine

The fact that medical care must be safe and helpful is the premise for which ethical principle:

Which of the following is the purpose of a deposition?

Which of the following ethical philosophies were developed by Bentham and Mill?

Which of the following business structures does not allow personal assets to be attached in a malpractice suit?

Which of the following describes the concept of fairness or equality?

Person has an unfair or incorrect belief that stems from prejudice & interferes w his judgment

A medical assistant who drew blood from a patient without his consent is said to have committed:

All of the following are defining criteria of an ethical dilemma EXCEPT:

Which of the following is the legal procedure that allows a physician to perform his duties?

Judgments regarding the value of certain behaviors based on personal beliefs are known as:

Which of the following is a legal document requiring a person to appear in court?

Which of the following terms refers to the concept of loyalty or faithfulness?

When a patient provides her arm for the phlebotomist to obtain a blood specimen, it is said she has given:

Being dependable in attendance and punctuality is said to exhibit

Ethical principles are absolute, and exceptions are rarely if ever justified

Which of the following statements refers to ethics?

The intentional act of touching another person in a socially unacceptable manner without his or her consent is:

Which of the following acts could be considered unethical but legal?

Which refers to the process in which one state accepts a current license of a practitioner from another state?

In most states, the age of maturity is:

Which of the following ethical principle refers to the quality of truthfulness?

Which of the following terms refers to a state of uncertainty or vagueness?

Failure to do what a prudent person would do in a similar situation is referred as:

Parent gives consent for med treatment of a child, what ethical principle may arise when autonomy & beneficence conflict

If a person is under oath and lies in a court of law, he is said to have committed:

Not telling a mutual friend of a patient's why the patient saw a doctor demonstrates:

All of the following is information found on a typical consent form for a surgical procedure EXCEPT:

An act that someone considers unethical: