LCR4802 - Past Exam Papers.

LCR4802 - Past Exam Papers SUCCESS. 2009→ Semester : Ass. 01 Question 1 (a) The Constitution entrenches the right to life of everyone, including every foetus. (b) If a hospital unfairly refuses to admit a patient in need of emergency medical treatment for treatment it can amount to a contravention of the provisions of the Constitution, the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000, and the National Health Act 61 van 2003. (c) In the exercise of its disciplinary function, the Health Professions Council of South Africa is bound by the constitutional provisions dealing with administrative justice as well as the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000. (1) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (2) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct. (3) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct. (4) All of the above statements are correct. (5) Only statement (c) is correct. Question 2 (a) A doctor employed by a public hospital may not refuse to attend to a particular type of patient, such as a patient with AIDS. (b) The Constitution does not guarantee comprehensive health-care services for children. (c) The right to emergency medical treatment as contained in section 27 of the Constitution implies (inter alia) that nobody who suffers a sudden catastrophe calling for immediate medical attention should be turned away from a hospital that is able to provide the necessary treatment. (1) All of the above statements are correct. (2) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (3) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct. (4) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct. (5) Only statement (a) is correct. Question 3 (a) The Minister of Health may prescribe conditions for the provision of free health services at public-health establishments to those who, in terms of statute, qualify for such free services. (b) The state is obliged to provide free termination of pregnancy services to a woman who is a member of a medical-aid scheme. (c) As a general rule, the discretion to admit a patient to a state hospital rests with its superintendent. (1) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (2) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct. (3) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct. (4) All of the above statements are correct. (5) Only statement (a) is correct. Question 4 (a) A person not registered as a medical practitioner or intern in terms of the Health Professions Act 56 of 1974 commits a crime if he/she advises any person on the person’s physical state for gain. (b) A person registering for the first time as a medical practitioner will be required to perform remunerated medical community service for a period of two years before being entitled to practise the profession. (c) When dispensing, a pharmacist must substitute an interchangeable multisource medicine for the medicine prescribed by the doctor, even if the patient expressly forbids the pharmacist to do so. (1) Only statement (a) is correct. (2) Only statement (b) is correct. (3) Only statement (c) is correct. (4) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (5) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct. Question 5 (a) The Medical and Dental Professional Board may institute ad hoc disciplinary-appeal committees. (b) The Health Professions Council of South Africa has already made rules specifying the acts or omissions in respect of which a professional board may take disciplinary steps against practitioners. (c) A professional board may punish a practitioner who has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct with a fine of R10 000 and compulsory professional service for a period of 800 hours. (1) Only statement (a) is correct. (2) Only statement (b) is correct. (3) Only statement (c) is correct. (4) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (5) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct. Question 6 (a) The registration certificate of a practitioner suspended for a period of 12 months after being found guilty of unprofessional conduct by a professional board is deemed to be cancelled until the period of 12 months has expired. (b) Medical practitioners have the inherent capacity to dispense medicine. (c) If a patient died in the course of an operation there must first be an inquest before a death certificate may be issued. (1) Only statement (a) is correct. (2) Only statement (c) is correct. (3) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (4) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct. (5) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct. Question 7 (a) A doctor does not need his/her patient’s consent to examine the patient’s medical records for the purpose of treatment. (b) As a general rule, a doctor in private practice is at liberty to accept or refuse a person as a patient. (c) If a patient fails to honour an appointment with a medical practitioner the doctor can claim damages for any financial loss that the doctor suffered as a result of such failure. (1) All of the above statements are correct. (2) Only statement (b) is correct. (3) Only statement (c) is correct. (4) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (5) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct. Question 8 (a) In a medical practice constituted in the form of a partnership a lazy partner will share equally in the profits despite his/her small contribution to the success of the practice. (b) It is legally/juridically impossible for a doctor to prevent another doctor in his/her employ from competing with him/her upon termination of employment by practicing in the same neighbourhood. (c) A medical practitioner’s failure to treat a patient will be deemed unlawful if in the circumstances the failure conflicts with the legal convictions of the community. (1) Only statement (a) is correct. (2) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct. (3) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (4) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct. (5) All of the above statements are correct. Question 9 (a) If a reasonable patient, if warned of a particular risk, would not attach significance to it, the doctor need not inform the patient of the risk, even if the doctor has reason to believe that the particular patient would indeed attach significance to it. (b) Under certain circumstances, a medical intervention may be performed on a patient without his/her consent, and even against his/her will, in the interest of safeguarding the public interest. (c) The National Health Act 61 of 2003 does not authorise a doctor to administer a blood transfusion necessary to save the life of an unconscious patient to the patient where the patient previously made known that he/she is opposed to blood transfusions. (1) All of the above statements are correct. (2) Only statement (b) is correct. (3) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (4) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct.