different
Medical ethics and medical etiquette are .... (the same, different, almost the same, opposite)
situation where the patient has consented to surgery by one physician, but without the patient's
knowledge or approval, another surgeon performs the surgery
"Ghost surgery" is a what?
precept
A ________ is a practical rule guiding behavior or technique.
a. law
b. custom
c. cultural more
d. precept
public domain
Information that is in the _______ belongs to the community at large and may be appropriated by
anyone
a. public library
b. hospital medical library
c. public domain
d. Library of Congress
Moral
________ ethics, concerns issues of right and wrong, human character and behavior.
a. kind
b. moral
c. professional
d. accurate
Hippocratic Oath
The most commonly known code of ethics for the medical profession, written about 400 B.C, is the
___________.
1847
The first American Medical Association code of ethics was written in what year?
1980
The latest revision of the American Medical Association code of ethics took place in what year?
standards
The principles in the AMA code of ethics are not law but:
a. custom
b. standards
, c. good manners
d. conventional
all of the above
Violation of the tenets of an association or society may result in ________
a. censure
b. expulsion
c. suspension
d. all of the above
criminal
If a physician is involved in _________ activity, the medical society is obligated to report it.
a. abrupt
b. outdated
c. optical
d. criminal
True
A physician is not prohibited from performing a lawful abortion according to good medical practice.
A. True
B. False
child abuse
Law Requires that a physician report:
a. cigarette use
b. child abuse
c. income tax evasion
d. unwise diet
patients who will derive the most long term benefit
In cases where a physician must make moral decisions, such as who shall receive an organ donated
transplant, highest priority is given to the _____________.
a. oldest patients
b. youngest patients
c. patients who are most ill
d. patients who will derive the most long term benefit.
c and d
In artificial insemination situations, which of the following is true?
a. the identity of the sperm donor is revealed
b. c and d
c. written permission of the mother is secured
d. written permission of the mother's husband is secured