Justice and Health Care Distribution

Quiz 4 Preparation

How does the book define lying?

A.Speech against the mind

B.Speech intended to deceive others

C.Uttering falsehoods when others reasonably expect truth

D.Uttering falsehoods against the mind

E.Uttering falsehoods in general

A Natural Secret is:

A.Something kept secret about your nature

B.Something that would harm another if divulged

C.Something kept secret about your body

D.Something that would alter your nature if known

E.Something that is unnatural to know

What is bad about revealing a promised secret?

A. Revelation treats promisee as a means only, not as an end

B. Revelation entails harmful effects

C.Breaking promises is only bad if it has harmful effects

D.A and B

E. B and C

If the physician says “I am going to prescribe something that often helps in these cases and has no bad side effects,” but is in fact prescribing a sugar pill (which does often help and has no bad side effects), the physician…

A. has not lied because the sentence uttered is trueB. has not lied because the patient believes what the doctor

wants them to believeC.has not lied because the patient believes the truthD.has lied because the patient concludes what the doctor

intends and knows to be false (this drug will help me)E. has lied because it is never right to mislead someone

“A secret is knowledge that a person has a right or obligation to conceal,” is …

A. a mistaken definition because some secrets are just beliefs

B. a mistaken definition because some secrets are wrong to conceal

C. a mistaken definition because secrets are always wrong

D. a correct definition because it’s in the book

E. a correct definition because wrongfully held secrets are called something else

A Tarasoff duty is a duty to …

A. Share pregnancy information with parents of minors

B. Tell the truth to terminally ill patients

C.Suspend judgment about lying co-workers

D.Protect your employer by concealing malpractice

E. Warn third parties of threats against them

Defamation is illegal based on the right to:

A.Maintain a good reputation

B.Know the identity of your accusers

C.Good credit and low interest loans

D.Review reformation guidelines

E.Freedom of speech

For a defamation claim to succeed, harm must be

A.done

B.intended

C.serious

D.A and B

E.B and C

The main goal of health care is …

A.extend life

B.alleviate suffering

C.optimize happiness

D.A, B, and C are co-equal

E.Who knows?

You should work to decrease expectations about what health care can do for your patients, because …

A. happiness is inversely proportionate to disappointment

B. it will decrease malpractice claims

C. it will reduce demand for health care

D. it will reduce your perfectionistic tendencies

E. Ah, I wouldn’t do that, because health care can do quite a lot

The 2 main components that form the basis for distribution (in terms of guiding principles) are:

A.Supply chain and Demand

B.Production and Demand

C.Need and Want

D.Need and Contribution

E.Demand and Supply

According to the text, in deciding who should receive health care when there’s not enough to go around, society should consider contribution in the following sense:

A. Contributors should be ranked based on expected future contributions

B. Contributors should be ranked based on past contributions

C.Contributors should be considered in order to keep them contributing

D.A and BE. A and C

Regarding microallocation at institutions … which is a virtue of using committees representative of the community’s makeup?

A.Committees are most efficient

B.Committees are cost effective

C.Committees protect against bias

D.Committees ensure quick action

E.Committees have no virtues

Today, the main problem with “traditional” or “fee-for-service” care is …

A.limited options for patients

B.limited options for physicians

C.highs costs

D.poor quality

E.it amounts to socialism

The HMO Act of 1973 was an effort to …

A. get people to stop relying on government handouts

B. stop physicians from limiting services and tests

C.get people to use HMOs rather employer-paid insurance

D.get HMOs to stop hectoring physicians

E. get HMOs to start hectoring physicians

The popularity of patient-focused care means you may be asked to…

A. perform tests you weren’t trained to perform

B. spend more time with a patient than you expected

C.do menial tasks beneath your professional station

D.become a jack-of-all-trades in your hospital or clinic

E. all of the above

1. C2. B3. D4. D5. B6. E7. A8. A9. E10. C or E11. D12. E13. C14. C15. C16. E