HSA 365 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
100% VERIFIED
Ethics in Health Care - ANSWER a set of moral principles or values that can help to
guide us to make the right choices in medical care
Ethical integrity (John Abbott Worthley) - ANSWER doing the "right thing" always even in
trivial situations
macro ethics - ANSWER -focuses on the profession
-concerns the extraordinary (not everyday) like "hot button" or bioethical issues
Micro Ethics - ANSWER -focuses on the individual professional.
-concerns the common and routine
recognizes day-to-day situations
-contextual/interpersonal issues
3 major elements in health care - ANSWER dogma, ethics development in health care,
ethical dilemma in health care
Dogma - ANSWER clear right and wrong; pressure to do the wrong thing, clearly know
what is ethically correct
ex: stealing a bottle of painkillers from facilities pharmacy for sick neighbor, there is
pressure to help your neighbor, but you know it is not the right thing to do
Ethics Development in Health Care - ANSWER we sense there is a right thing to do, but
not yet determined precisely what the right thing is
Ethical dilemma in health care - ANSWER when one right thing competes with another
, right thing another right thing
nominal ethics - ANSWER standards that are recognized but not enforced
ex: driving 45 mph through campus, you probably won't get in trouble but it is still wrong
to do
normative ethics - ANSWER what should be done?
descriptive ethics - ANSWER what is actually done
metaethics - ANSWER study of ethical systems
Quadrant I: Ethical & Legal - ANSWER ex: doctor patient confidentiality, billing people
correctly, truthful in medical records
Quadrant II: ethical but illegal - ANSWER assisted suicide, giving marijuana to help
patient in pain
Quadrant III: unethical and illegal - ANSWER fraud, embezzlement, misrepresentation of
finance to board or clients, discrimination, distribute narcotics to patients unnecessarily
Quadrant IV: unethical but legal - ANSWER abortion, not treating uninsured, not offering
assistance to accident victims
moral philosophies - ANSWER general moral principles that have influenced our culture
and thought.
Often abstract and general
Ethics pyramid - ANSWER actions, rules, ethical principles, moral philosophies
100% VERIFIED
Ethics in Health Care - ANSWER a set of moral principles or values that can help to
guide us to make the right choices in medical care
Ethical integrity (John Abbott Worthley) - ANSWER doing the "right thing" always even in
trivial situations
macro ethics - ANSWER -focuses on the profession
-concerns the extraordinary (not everyday) like "hot button" or bioethical issues
Micro Ethics - ANSWER -focuses on the individual professional.
-concerns the common and routine
recognizes day-to-day situations
-contextual/interpersonal issues
3 major elements in health care - ANSWER dogma, ethics development in health care,
ethical dilemma in health care
Dogma - ANSWER clear right and wrong; pressure to do the wrong thing, clearly know
what is ethically correct
ex: stealing a bottle of painkillers from facilities pharmacy for sick neighbor, there is
pressure to help your neighbor, but you know it is not the right thing to do
Ethics Development in Health Care - ANSWER we sense there is a right thing to do, but
not yet determined precisely what the right thing is
Ethical dilemma in health care - ANSWER when one right thing competes with another
, right thing another right thing
nominal ethics - ANSWER standards that are recognized but not enforced
ex: driving 45 mph through campus, you probably won't get in trouble but it is still wrong
to do
normative ethics - ANSWER what should be done?
descriptive ethics - ANSWER what is actually done
metaethics - ANSWER study of ethical systems
Quadrant I: Ethical & Legal - ANSWER ex: doctor patient confidentiality, billing people
correctly, truthful in medical records
Quadrant II: ethical but illegal - ANSWER assisted suicide, giving marijuana to help
patient in pain
Quadrant III: unethical and illegal - ANSWER fraud, embezzlement, misrepresentation of
finance to board or clients, discrimination, distribute narcotics to patients unnecessarily
Quadrant IV: unethical but legal - ANSWER abortion, not treating uninsured, not offering
assistance to accident victims
moral philosophies - ANSWER general moral principles that have influenced our culture
and thought.
Often abstract and general
Ethics pyramid - ANSWER actions, rules, ethical principles, moral philosophies
