Comprehensive Healthcare Ethics: Principles, Theories,
and Professional Standards UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER -Person's self-reliance, independence, liberty, rights, privacy, individual choice,
freedom of the will, and self-contained ability to decide
Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER -Doing of good; active promotion of goodness, kindness, and charity
Caring - CORRECT ANSWER -Care for; an emotional commitment to and a willingness to act on behalf of a
person with whom a caring relationship exists
Codes of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER -Articulated statements of role morality as seen by the members of a
profession
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER -Belief that health-related information about individual patients should not
be revealed to others; maintenance of privacy
Consequentialism - CORRECT ANSWER -The belief that the worth of actions is determined by their ends or
consequences; actions are right or wrong according to the balance of their good and bad consequences
Duties - CORRECT ANSWER -Obligations placed on individuals, groups, and institutions by reason of the so-
called moral bond of our interdependence with others
Ethical Dilemmas - CORRECT ANSWER -Situations requiring moral judgment between two or more equally
problem-fraught alternatives; two or more competing moral norms are present, creating a challenge about what to do
Ethical Outrage - CORRECT ANSWER -Gross violation of commonly held standards of decency or human rights
Ethical Theories - CORRECT ANSWER -Bodies of systematically related moral principles used to resolve ethical
dilemmas
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER -Systematic study of rightness and wrongness of human conduct and character as
known by natural reason
Ethics of Care - CORRECT ANSWER -Ethical reflections that emphasize an intimate personal relationship value
system that includes such virtues as sympathy, compassion, fidelity, discernment, and love
Fidelity - CORRECT ANSWER -Strict observance of promises or duties; loyalty and faithfulness to others
Justice - CORRECT ANSWER -Equitable, fair, or just conduct in dealing with others
Laws - CORRECT ANSWER -Regulations established by government and applicable to people within a certain
political subdivision
Legal Rights - CORRECT ANSWER -Rights of individuals or groups that are established and guaranteed by law
Liberal Individualism - CORRECT ANSWER -Basis for rights-based ethical theory; each individual is protected
and allowed to pursue personal projects
Moral Principles - CORRECT ANSWER -General, universal guides to action that are derived from so-called basic
moral truths that should be respected unless a morally compelling reason exists not to do so; also referred to as ethical
principles
Moral Rights - CORRECT ANSWER -Rights of individuals or groups that exist separately from governmental or
institutional guarantees; usually asserted based on moral principles or rules
and Professional Standards UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER -Person's self-reliance, independence, liberty, rights, privacy, individual choice,
freedom of the will, and self-contained ability to decide
Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER -Doing of good; active promotion of goodness, kindness, and charity
Caring - CORRECT ANSWER -Care for; an emotional commitment to and a willingness to act on behalf of a
person with whom a caring relationship exists
Codes of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER -Articulated statements of role morality as seen by the members of a
profession
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER -Belief that health-related information about individual patients should not
be revealed to others; maintenance of privacy
Consequentialism - CORRECT ANSWER -The belief that the worth of actions is determined by their ends or
consequences; actions are right or wrong according to the balance of their good and bad consequences
Duties - CORRECT ANSWER -Obligations placed on individuals, groups, and institutions by reason of the so-
called moral bond of our interdependence with others
Ethical Dilemmas - CORRECT ANSWER -Situations requiring moral judgment between two or more equally
problem-fraught alternatives; two or more competing moral norms are present, creating a challenge about what to do
Ethical Outrage - CORRECT ANSWER -Gross violation of commonly held standards of decency or human rights
Ethical Theories - CORRECT ANSWER -Bodies of systematically related moral principles used to resolve ethical
dilemmas
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER -Systematic study of rightness and wrongness of human conduct and character as
known by natural reason
Ethics of Care - CORRECT ANSWER -Ethical reflections that emphasize an intimate personal relationship value
system that includes such virtues as sympathy, compassion, fidelity, discernment, and love
Fidelity - CORRECT ANSWER -Strict observance of promises or duties; loyalty and faithfulness to others
Justice - CORRECT ANSWER -Equitable, fair, or just conduct in dealing with others
Laws - CORRECT ANSWER -Regulations established by government and applicable to people within a certain
political subdivision
Legal Rights - CORRECT ANSWER -Rights of individuals or groups that are established and guaranteed by law
Liberal Individualism - CORRECT ANSWER -Basis for rights-based ethical theory; each individual is protected
and allowed to pursue personal projects
Moral Principles - CORRECT ANSWER -General, universal guides to action that are derived from so-called basic
moral truths that should be respected unless a morally compelling reason exists not to do so; also referred to as ethical
principles
Moral Rights - CORRECT ANSWER -Rights of individuals or groups that exist separately from governmental or
institutional guarantees; usually asserted based on moral principles or rules
