Exam 7: Ethical Considerations

Identify each of the following statements as ethical or unethical.Base your answers on the principles of medical ethics. -A medical assistant discusses a patient's problems with the patient's provider employer.

Assisted Reproduction

Which of the following refers to a physician's directive that specifies an individual's end-of-life wishes?

Identify each of the following statements as ethical or unethical.Base your answers on the principles of medical ethics. -The provider is prescribing medication only from the pharmaceutical company in which he holds stock.

A patient's medical chart and the information in it are the property of which of the following?

Match the forms of abuse to the following definitions. -abandonment, failure to provide basic food, shelter, or care

Which of the following statements applies to a medical assistant's knowledge of information in a patient's life acquired in the course of employment?

Identify each of the following statements as ethical or unethical.Base your answers on the principles of medical ethics. -The medical chart and the information in it are withheld because of an unpaid bill.

Match the forms of abuse to the following definitions. -pornography or prostitution, use of child's image in media

Female Genital Mutilation

Match the forms of abuse to the following definitions. -sexual activity between family members

In allocation of scarce health resources, ethical considerations include which of the following?

The Code of Medical Ethics Current Opinions with Annotations is published by the AMA every:

What are biological moral issues arising from advances in modern technology and sophisticated medical research called?

Which of the following best describes an example of information that would allow or require health professionals to report a confidence?

Stem cells in cord blood can help in which of the following diseases?

Scientists have already cloned which of the following?

Training in disaster preparedness is done for which of the following?

The process by which the ovum is fertilized in a culture dish, allowed to grow, and then implanted into the uterus is known as which of the following?

Match the forms of abuse to the following definitions. -pushing, pinching, force-feeding, and shaking.