HSA 365 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Ethics in Health Care - CORRECT 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) - CORRECT ANSWER doing the "right thing" always
even in trivial situations
Macro ethics - CORRECT ANSWER -focuses on the profession
-concerns the extraordinary (not everyday) like "hot button" or bioethical issues
Micro Ethics - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER dogma, ethics development in health
care, ethical dilemma in health care
Dogma - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER when one right thing competes with
another right thing another right thing
Nominal ethics - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER what should be done?
Descriptive ethics - CORRECT ANSWER what is actually done
Metaethics - CORRECT ANSWER study of ethical systems
Quadrant I: Ethical & Legal - CORRECT ANSWER ex: doctor patient confidentiality, billing
people correctly, truthful in medical records
Quadrant II: ethical but illegal - CORRECT ANSWER assisted suicide, giving marijuana to
help patient in pain
Quadrant III: unethical and illegal - CORRECT ANSWER fraud, embezzlement,
misrepresentation of finance to board or clients, discrimination, distribute narcotics to patients
unnecessarily
Quadrant IV: unethical but legal - CORRECT ANSWER abortion, not treating uninsured, not
offering assistance to accident victims
Moral philosophies - CORRECT ANSWER general moral principles that have influenced our
culture and thought.
Often abstract and general
Ethics pyramid - CORRECT ANSWER actions, rules, ethical principles, moral philosophies
Ethical principles - CORRECT ANSWER derived from all or most of our moral principles
Common principles: - CORRECT ANSWER form the underpinning for delivery of health care
services
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Ethics in Health Care - CORRECT 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) - CORRECT ANSWER doing the "right thing" always
even in trivial situations
Macro ethics - CORRECT ANSWER -focuses on the profession
-concerns the extraordinary (not everyday) like "hot button" or bioethical issues
Micro Ethics - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER dogma, ethics development in health
care, ethical dilemma in health care
Dogma - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER when one right thing competes with
another right thing another right thing
Nominal ethics - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER what should be done?
Descriptive ethics - CORRECT ANSWER what is actually done
Metaethics - CORRECT ANSWER study of ethical systems
Quadrant I: Ethical & Legal - CORRECT ANSWER ex: doctor patient confidentiality, billing
people correctly, truthful in medical records
Quadrant II: ethical but illegal - CORRECT ANSWER assisted suicide, giving marijuana to
help patient in pain
Quadrant III: unethical and illegal - CORRECT ANSWER fraud, embezzlement,
misrepresentation of finance to board or clients, discrimination, distribute narcotics to patients
unnecessarily
Quadrant IV: unethical but legal - CORRECT ANSWER abortion, not treating uninsured, not
offering assistance to accident victims
Moral philosophies - CORRECT ANSWER general moral principles that have influenced our
culture and thought.
Often abstract and general
Ethics pyramid - CORRECT ANSWER actions, rules, ethical principles, moral philosophies
Ethical principles - CORRECT ANSWER derived from all or most of our moral principles
Common principles: - CORRECT ANSWER form the underpinning for delivery of health care
services
