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Med 149 rev. 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Written codes of ethics for health care practitioners | Evolved primarily to serve as moral guidelines for those who provided care to the sick. |
| Identify and clarify the problem. | step 1 |
| Gather information. | step 2 |
| Evaluate the evidence. | step 3 |
| Consider alternatives and implications. | step 4 |
| Choose and implement the best alternative. | step 5 |
| The person or party against whom criminal or civil charges are brought in a lawsuit | Defendant |
| Accountable under the law | Liable |
| Prone to engage in lawsuits | Litigious |
| The person bringing charges in a lawsuit | Plaintiff |
| Decisions made by judges in the various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases | Precedent |
| A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial | Summary judgment |
| Dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving, or attempting to deprive, another of his or her rights | Fraud |
| Rule of conduct or action recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority | Law |
| Written codes of ethics for health care practitioners | Evolved primarily to serve as moral guidelines for those who provided care to the sick. |
| What Greek physician is known as the father of medicine? | Hippocrates |
| Name the pledge made by physicians that remains influential today. | Hippocratic oath |
| What ethics code superseded earlier codes to become the definitive guide for a physician’s professional conduct? | Percival’s Medical Ethics |
| Unethical behavior is always | Unacceptable. |
| Unlawful acts are always | Punishable by legal means . Unethical. Unacceptable. |
| Violation of a professional organization's formalized code of ethics | Can lead to expulsion from the organization. |
| Law is | The minimum standard necessary to keep society functioning smoothly. |
| Conviction of a crime | Can result in loss of license |
| The basis for ethical conduct includes | One’s morals. One’s culture. One’s family. |
| What is bioethics concerned with? | The ethical implications of biological research methods and results |
| Critical thinking skills include | First clearly defining a problem. |
| A medical assistant greets a patient and states “I am Jonathan and I will be your medical assistant today.” This is an example of | Courtesy |
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