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Laws are:
a. codes for behavior
b. obligatory for societal rules
c. only made at the state level
d. not meant to regulate medicine
b. obligatory for societal rules
Ethical issues include:
a. right to refuse immunization
b. no legal implications
c. personal rights only
d. professional rights only
a. right to refuse immunization
Factors that influence law, ethics, and bioethics include:
a. medical insurance and managed care
b. potential for greed in health care
c. emerging medical technology
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Ethics is/are:
a. a set of legal standards
b. not related to morals
c. different in every culture
d. universal rules
c. different in every culture
The economics of health care:
a. make health care available to everyone
b. is, in part, driven by medical technology
c. is unaffected by managed care
d. is not influenced by medical specialization
b. is, in part, driven by medical technology
Ethical and bioethical standards can be _____, ____, and ____.
a. personal, organizational, institutional, worldwide
b. organizational, institutional, linked, ritual
c. personal, organizational, traditional, conventional
d. merged, grouped, blended, linked
a. personal, organizational, institutional, worldwide
Who dictates the ethics for an individual health-care employee?
a. The head provider in the clinic
b. The hospital that owns the clinic
c. The health-care workers themselves
d. The office manager of the clinic
, c. The health-care workers themselves
Which of the following influence the ethics of a health-care worker?
a. Gender of the worker
b. Geographic area in which the worker is employed
c. Age of the worker
d. Culture of the worker
d. Culture of the worker
A provider who receives all the profits and takes all the risks is practicing in a:
a. partnership.
b. professional service corporation.
c. sole proprietorship.
d. joint venture.
c. sole proprietorship.
Advantages of a partnership include:
a. increased financial strength.
b. incompatibility of partners.
c. increased managerial skill and shared workload.
d. A and C.
d. A and C.
The HMO:
a. was introduced to emphasize preventive health care.
b. is a form of health-care delivery decreasing in popularity.
c. places emphasis on curative medicine.
d. places control of health care in the hands of providers.
a. was introduced to emphasize preventive health care.
Preferred Provider Organizations:
a. are physician-hospital organizations providing "one-stop shopping" for client
health care.
b. do not employ sole proprietors.
c. contract with providers for medical care to an established number of clients.
d. are federal forms of medical insurance.
c. contract with providers for medical care to an established number of clients.
Employees might choose to work in a group practice because:
a. they like to work independently.
b. there are opportunities for advancement.
c. their only supervisor would be their provider-employer.
d. the workload will be less complex.
b. there are opportunities for advancement.
Providers who practice in any integrated organization must remember:
a. antitrust laws will not apply to their decision.
b. Medicare/Medicaid may not recognize some business arrangements.
c. Medicare/Medicaid referrals cannot be made to any entity in which they have
financial interest.
d. B and C.
d. B and C.