Healthcare Ethics Exam 4 Review 2024
The halting of the clinical trial for remdesivir, an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19,
during mid-research, provided an example of: *** undeniable drug benefits.
Those administering health care are obligated to take actions that benefit patients, even
if those actions interfere with or neglect the patient's _________________. ***
autonomy
Which of the following is a problem presented to the provider due to the use of organs
from the living? *** The infliction of pain on one person for another's benefit
Providing for people's needs yet giving them no responsibility or control over their
destiny is the definition of what? *** Paternalism
___________ is the objective of eradicating or slowing the spread of a disease that
occurs when a high enough percentage of the population is immune to the disease, and
it can no longer spread. *** Herd immunity
In managed care, __________ act as gatekeepers to control the cost-effectiveness of
services offered to members and control access to specialists. *** primary care
physicians
According to this chapter, managed care is a response to which of the following? ***
The need to allocate limited health care resources.
According to The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, in the absence of a gift by the deceased,
who of the following has the power to give the body or any of its contents? *** Spouse
In 2005, ________ transplants began in France. *** face
In which year did the first human kidney transplant occur? *** 1954
In which year was the first human heart transplant attempted? *** 1964
As a result of the Nuremberg Code, research on human subjects is carefully reviewed
and regulated due to the ___________. *** potential for harm
Any individual of sound mind and eighteen years of age or more may give all or any part
of their body; the gift to take effect upon death. This is one of the provisions of the: ***
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Medical transplants are divided into three categories, depending on the tissue used. A
transplant procedure from one person to another person is known as a: *** homograft.
The transplant of animal tissue into a human is known as a: *** heterograft
, Select the year in which the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act was passed. *** 1968
What is medical tourism? *** A trip to a location away from your home to have a
medical procedure performed.
Which of the following statements about transplants is accurate? *** All states use
some form of The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, and many allow individuals to indicate
their choice to donate on their drivers' licenses.
Which of the following statements is true regarding conducting "community-based"
research in a private medical office versus clinical trials in an academic medical center?
*** The costs of "community-based" research are much less than the same trials in an
academic medical center.
Paternalism is defined as: *** in conflict with the concept of autonomy.
What are the two primary reasons for medical tourism? *** Lower-priced medical care
and the procedure is not available locally
The Tuskegee Experiment caused a public uproar that led to the creation of an Ad Hoc
Advisory Panel to review the experiment. The panel found that the men had agreed
freely to be examined and treated, but there was no evidence that researchers had
informed them of the study or its real purpose. This is an example of ___________. ***
a lack of informed consent
What is the Nuremberg Code? *** A set of guidelines for experimental medical
research on human subjects
What is the name of transplantation of a person's own tissue from one part of the body
to another? *** Autograft
If there is a shortage of ICU beds, patients in the unit usually have ________ length of
stay than when there is a surplus. *** a shorter
Amniocentesis allows a physician to perform genetic testing on premature babies to
look for defects. *** false
In experiments with monkeys, transplanting fetal tissue into the brain of an animal with
symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease has successfully controlled the symptoms. ***
true
Today's technology has reached the point where a fertilized egg can be cloned and
implanted for incubation until birth. *** true
The halting of the clinical trial for remdesivir, an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19,
during mid-research, provided an example of: *** undeniable drug benefits.
Those administering health care are obligated to take actions that benefit patients, even
if those actions interfere with or neglect the patient's _________________. ***
autonomy
Which of the following is a problem presented to the provider due to the use of organs
from the living? *** The infliction of pain on one person for another's benefit
Providing for people's needs yet giving them no responsibility or control over their
destiny is the definition of what? *** Paternalism
___________ is the objective of eradicating or slowing the spread of a disease that
occurs when a high enough percentage of the population is immune to the disease, and
it can no longer spread. *** Herd immunity
In managed care, __________ act as gatekeepers to control the cost-effectiveness of
services offered to members and control access to specialists. *** primary care
physicians
According to this chapter, managed care is a response to which of the following? ***
The need to allocate limited health care resources.
According to The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, in the absence of a gift by the deceased,
who of the following has the power to give the body or any of its contents? *** Spouse
In 2005, ________ transplants began in France. *** face
In which year did the first human kidney transplant occur? *** 1954
In which year was the first human heart transplant attempted? *** 1964
As a result of the Nuremberg Code, research on human subjects is carefully reviewed
and regulated due to the ___________. *** potential for harm
Any individual of sound mind and eighteen years of age or more may give all or any part
of their body; the gift to take effect upon death. This is one of the provisions of the: ***
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Medical transplants are divided into three categories, depending on the tissue used. A
transplant procedure from one person to another person is known as a: *** homograft.
The transplant of animal tissue into a human is known as a: *** heterograft
, Select the year in which the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act was passed. *** 1968
What is medical tourism? *** A trip to a location away from your home to have a
medical procedure performed.
Which of the following statements about transplants is accurate? *** All states use
some form of The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, and many allow individuals to indicate
their choice to donate on their drivers' licenses.
Which of the following statements is true regarding conducting "community-based"
research in a private medical office versus clinical trials in an academic medical center?
*** The costs of "community-based" research are much less than the same trials in an
academic medical center.
Paternalism is defined as: *** in conflict with the concept of autonomy.
What are the two primary reasons for medical tourism? *** Lower-priced medical care
and the procedure is not available locally
The Tuskegee Experiment caused a public uproar that led to the creation of an Ad Hoc
Advisory Panel to review the experiment. The panel found that the men had agreed
freely to be examined and treated, but there was no evidence that researchers had
informed them of the study or its real purpose. This is an example of ___________. ***
a lack of informed consent
What is the Nuremberg Code? *** A set of guidelines for experimental medical
research on human subjects
What is the name of transplantation of a person's own tissue from one part of the body
to another? *** Autograft
If there is a shortage of ICU beds, patients in the unit usually have ________ length of
stay than when there is a surplus. *** a shorter
Amniocentesis allows a physician to perform genetic testing on premature babies to
look for defects. *** false
In experiments with monkeys, transplanting fetal tissue into the brain of an animal with
symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease has successfully controlled the symptoms. ***
true
Today's technology has reached the point where a fertilized egg can be cloned and
implanted for incubation until birth. *** true
