California Law and Ethics PSI Exam
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This word reinforces the doctor-patient relationship and the foundation for
informed consent, protecting patient confidentiality, and maintaining veracity -
ANSWER autonomy.
This word is frequently described as a fundamental concept of ethics, is the
obligation to assist others and seek their good--ANSWER beneficence
The dentist avoids injuring the patient by referring to individuals with specialized
expertise when clinician abilities are lacking - ANSWER beneficence.
This phrase requires care and the ability to empathize with the patient's well-being,
easing pain and suffering, and other acts of kindness and sympathetic
ear--ANSWER compassion.
This phrase requires continuous self-assessment of the outcome of patient care and
a commitment to lifelong learning, which is anticipated by the provider. -
ANSWER competence.
This term mandates the provider to conduct with honor and decency; it confirms
when words, acts, or intentions are in opposition with one's own beliefs and
conscience; it pledges providers to maintain the code of ethics; and it safeguards,
influences, and promotes the highest professional standards. - ANSWER integrity
This concept is related to fairness or providing to each his or her own due. It deals
with concerns such as who receives treatment first or at all.
This phrase deals with balancing the distribution of benefits and liabilities in
practice--ANSWER justice.
, This phrase deals with self-governance and is the hallmark of a profession; it works
for the common best interest of society. - ANSWER professionalism
This phrase challenges doctors to work with an increasingly complicated cultural
and ethnically varied community, conventional ideas toward pain, suitable
function, and esthetics; it needs the provider to recognize these differences may
affect patient choices and treatment. - ANSWER tolerance.
Honesty, or truth-telling, is the core of a trustworthy doctor-patient relationship; the
practitioner must be honest to the patient for true informed consent. - ANSWER
veracity
the obligation to act in a manner that sustains or elevates the respect of the
profession (ANSWER professional esteem)
They offer the foundation for ethics. ANSWER basic principles.
This phrase asserts that if one individual evaluates an action to be right or wrong in
a specific situation, other people contemplating the same action in the same
situation would make the same judgment (ANSWER universality).
This concept recognizes the existence of an obligation to justice and basic human
rights; it demands considering the values and perspectives of others before making
decisions or taking actions that affect others. - ANSWER complementarity
The broad norms of right and wrong that guide societal behavior; it is a commonly
recognized action; it can be measured by determining the extent to which it
promotes good while minimizing harm. It pushes us to participate in health
promotion and illness-preventive initiatives. - ANSWER Ethics
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This word reinforces the doctor-patient relationship and the foundation for
informed consent, protecting patient confidentiality, and maintaining veracity -
ANSWER autonomy.
This word is frequently described as a fundamental concept of ethics, is the
obligation to assist others and seek their good--ANSWER beneficence
The dentist avoids injuring the patient by referring to individuals with specialized
expertise when clinician abilities are lacking - ANSWER beneficence.
This phrase requires care and the ability to empathize with the patient's well-being,
easing pain and suffering, and other acts of kindness and sympathetic
ear--ANSWER compassion.
This phrase requires continuous self-assessment of the outcome of patient care and
a commitment to lifelong learning, which is anticipated by the provider. -
ANSWER competence.
This term mandates the provider to conduct with honor and decency; it confirms
when words, acts, or intentions are in opposition with one's own beliefs and
conscience; it pledges providers to maintain the code of ethics; and it safeguards,
influences, and promotes the highest professional standards. - ANSWER integrity
This concept is related to fairness or providing to each his or her own due. It deals
with concerns such as who receives treatment first or at all.
This phrase deals with balancing the distribution of benefits and liabilities in
practice--ANSWER justice.
, This phrase deals with self-governance and is the hallmark of a profession; it works
for the common best interest of society. - ANSWER professionalism
This phrase challenges doctors to work with an increasingly complicated cultural
and ethnically varied community, conventional ideas toward pain, suitable
function, and esthetics; it needs the provider to recognize these differences may
affect patient choices and treatment. - ANSWER tolerance.
Honesty, or truth-telling, is the core of a trustworthy doctor-patient relationship; the
practitioner must be honest to the patient for true informed consent. - ANSWER
veracity
the obligation to act in a manner that sustains or elevates the respect of the
profession (ANSWER professional esteem)
They offer the foundation for ethics. ANSWER basic principles.
This phrase asserts that if one individual evaluates an action to be right or wrong in
a specific situation, other people contemplating the same action in the same
situation would make the same judgment (ANSWER universality).
This concept recognizes the existence of an obligation to justice and basic human
rights; it demands considering the values and perspectives of others before making
decisions or taking actions that affect others. - ANSWER complementarity
The broad norms of right and wrong that guide societal behavior; it is a commonly
recognized action; it can be measured by determining the extent to which it
promotes good while minimizing harm. It pushes us to participate in health
promotion and illness-preventive initiatives. - ANSWER Ethics
