PCT NCCT exam questions & answers

PCT NCCT exam questions & answers

different - ANSWERSMedical 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 - ANSWERS"Ghost
surgery" is a what?



precept - ANSWERSA ________ is a practical rule guiding behavior or technique.



a. law

b. custom

c. cultural more

d. precept



public domain - ANSWERSInformation 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 - ANSWERS________ ethics, concerns issues of right and wrong, human character and
behavior.

, a. kind

b. moral

c. professional

d. accurate



Hippocratic Oath - ANSWERSThe most commonly known code of ethics for the medical
profession, written about 400 B.C, is the ___________.



1847 - ANSWERSThe first American Medical Association code of ethics was written in what
year?



1980 - ANSWERSThe latest revision of the American Medical Association code of ethics took
place in what year?



standards - ANSWERSThe principles in the AMA code of ethics are not law but:



a. custom

b. standards

c. good manners

d. conventional



all of the above - ANSWERSViolation of the tenets of an association or society may result in
________



a. censure

b. expulsion

c. suspension