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1. T/F: Psychiatrist notified Tarasoff and failed to warn police (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): F (both statements
are opposite; he failed to notify Tarasoff but did not notify police)
2. T/F: Duty to warn is present when a person, such as a psychiatrist, tries to control the behavior of a third
party (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
(psychiatrist tried to control Poddar using the police by locking him up for 72 hours. This made the psychiatrist and
police more responsible because once Poddar was incarcerated, he refused to go back to counseling. Essentially, it made
the situation worse. The act of controlling can evoke more violence)
3. T/F: Most psychotherapists looked favorably upon the ruling (Dennis Daley
- Duty to Warn): F (they looked unfavorably upon it; they were afraid of the adverse effects it would have on the
patient-psychiatrists relationship)
4. T/F: One justice thought the ruling could destroy the confidentiality in the psychotherapist-patient
relationship (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
5. T/F: One concern arising about psychotherapists inability to predict dan- gerousness will increase over
predictions (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
6. T/F: Dangerousness is defined with clarity and precision (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): F (it is defined
very vaguely)
7. T/F: Use of psychiatric will put the burden of proof onto the patient in a legal setting (Dennis Daley - Duty to
Warn): T
8. T/F: Legal privileges applies only in courtroom settings (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T (does not apply in
conversation between people outside the courtroom)
9. T/F: Psychiatrists have the duty to warn potential victims (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
10.T/F: Patients trust in therapists will be weakened (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
11.T/F: It is immoral for an organization to require psych evaluations (Hallek
- Psychiatry): F
12.T/F: Organizations often use psychiatrists to maintain order and stability (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
13.T/F: When professors or deans send students to psychiatrists, such as Hallek, the student sometimes had
differences with their professors (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
14.T/F: Hallek says that in his university work, he can rarely guarantee stu- dents complete confidentiality
(Hallek - Psychiatry): F
15.T/F: In Hallek's extended example of a student he saw, the student had extensive psychiatric evaluations
in the past (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
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16.T/F: In Hallek's extended example of a student he saw, he thought the student was capable of continuing
her studies and entering the profession (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
17.T/F: When psychiatrists assume a dual-role, they should inform the patient how much confidentiality they
should expect (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
18.T/F: When psychiatrists are asked information about patients from in- surance or prospective employers,
they should refuse to give it (Hallek - Psychiatry): F (if a psychiatrist refuses it could go worse for the patients,
because employers/insurance may assume the worst)
19.T/F: Psychiatrists are relieved of moral difficulties when patients sign statements permitting psychiatrists to
disclose information about them (Hallek - Psychiatry): F (they still struggle with whether or not to release the
information, because they could negatively impact their previous patient's careers)
20.T/F: The potential for using information repressively is especially great in clinics where current doctors
have access to records provided by psychia- trists who have left (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
21.T/F: According to Locke, to deny laws of nature is to abandon the rational basis for moral or political order
(McCullough - Health Care): T (there are national, moral, and political laws that exist like laws of physics and
chemistry)
22.T/F: McCullough claims that according to Locke, reason discovers and does not create laws of nature
(McCullough - Health Care): T (we can only discover that gravity exists- we cannot create it. God gives us seasons to
figure out these laws)
23.T/F: Natural rights are not prima facie rights (McCullough - Health Care): F (they are prima facie rights
depending on the circumstance. For example, the right to privacy can be overridden)
24.T/F: Mentally retarded and senile lack natural rights because they are lacking in reason (McCullough -
Health Care): F (they are still human with DNA. They require other people to assert their rights for them)
25.T/F: McCullough thinks that most losses of healthcare are acts of God and out of our control (McCullough -
Health Care): T (not our fault, but random)
26.T/F: Where losses of healthcare are within our control, a natural right of equality does not apply
(McCullough - Health Care): T (if someone gets lung cancer because he smoked two packs a day, he should not get the
right to health care because he brought the condition upon himself. You don't get the right to equal treatment or care
because you have done something to make yourself worse)
27.T/F: McCullough wishes to restrict the concepts of health care to medical care (McCullough - Health Care):
F (this is false because requirements for good
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1. T/F: Psychiatrist notified Tarasoff and failed to warn police (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): F (both statements
are opposite; he failed to notify Tarasoff but did not notify police)
2. T/F: Duty to warn is present when a person, such as a psychiatrist, tries to control the behavior of a third
party (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
(psychiatrist tried to control Poddar using the police by locking him up for 72 hours. This made the psychiatrist and
police more responsible because once Poddar was incarcerated, he refused to go back to counseling. Essentially, it made
the situation worse. The act of controlling can evoke more violence)
3. T/F: Most psychotherapists looked favorably upon the ruling (Dennis Daley
- Duty to Warn): F (they looked unfavorably upon it; they were afraid of the adverse effects it would have on the
patient-psychiatrists relationship)
4. T/F: One justice thought the ruling could destroy the confidentiality in the psychotherapist-patient
relationship (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
5. T/F: One concern arising about psychotherapists inability to predict dan- gerousness will increase over
predictions (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
6. T/F: Dangerousness is defined with clarity and precision (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): F (it is defined
very vaguely)
7. T/F: Use of psychiatric will put the burden of proof onto the patient in a legal setting (Dennis Daley - Duty to
Warn): T
8. T/F: Legal privileges applies only in courtroom settings (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T (does not apply in
conversation between people outside the courtroom)
9. T/F: Psychiatrists have the duty to warn potential victims (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
10.T/F: Patients trust in therapists will be weakened (Dennis Daley - Duty to Warn): T
11.T/F: It is immoral for an organization to require psych evaluations (Hallek
- Psychiatry): F
12.T/F: Organizations often use psychiatrists to maintain order and stability (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
13.T/F: When professors or deans send students to psychiatrists, such as Hallek, the student sometimes had
differences with their professors (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
14.T/F: Hallek says that in his university work, he can rarely guarantee stu- dents complete confidentiality
(Hallek - Psychiatry): F
15.T/F: In Hallek's extended example of a student he saw, the student had extensive psychiatric evaluations
in the past (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
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16.T/F: In Hallek's extended example of a student he saw, he thought the student was capable of continuing
her studies and entering the profession (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
17.T/F: When psychiatrists assume a dual-role, they should inform the patient how much confidentiality they
should expect (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
18.T/F: When psychiatrists are asked information about patients from in- surance or prospective employers,
they should refuse to give it (Hallek - Psychiatry): F (if a psychiatrist refuses it could go worse for the patients,
because employers/insurance may assume the worst)
19.T/F: Psychiatrists are relieved of moral difficulties when patients sign statements permitting psychiatrists to
disclose information about them (Hallek - Psychiatry): F (they still struggle with whether or not to release the
information, because they could negatively impact their previous patient's careers)
20.T/F: The potential for using information repressively is especially great in clinics where current doctors
have access to records provided by psychia- trists who have left (Hallek - Psychiatry): T
21.T/F: According to Locke, to deny laws of nature is to abandon the rational basis for moral or political order
(McCullough - Health Care): T (there are national, moral, and political laws that exist like laws of physics and
chemistry)
22.T/F: McCullough claims that according to Locke, reason discovers and does not create laws of nature
(McCullough - Health Care): T (we can only discover that gravity exists- we cannot create it. God gives us seasons to
figure out these laws)
23.T/F: Natural rights are not prima facie rights (McCullough - Health Care): F (they are prima facie rights
depending on the circumstance. For example, the right to privacy can be overridden)
24.T/F: Mentally retarded and senile lack natural rights because they are lacking in reason (McCullough -
Health Care): F (they are still human with DNA. They require other people to assert their rights for them)
25.T/F: McCullough thinks that most losses of healthcare are acts of God and out of our control (McCullough -
Health Care): T (not our fault, but random)
26.T/F: Where losses of healthcare are within our control, a natural right of equality does not apply
(McCullough - Health Care): T (if someone gets lung cancer because he smoked two packs a day, he should not get the
right to health care because he brought the condition upon himself. You don't get the right to equal treatment or care
because you have done something to make yourself worse)
27.T/F: McCullough wishes to restrict the concepts of health care to medical care (McCullough - Health Care):
F (this is false because requirements for good
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