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Truth & ConfidentialityTruth & Confidentiality
Which definition did Garrett use for ‘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
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Truth & ConfidentialityTruth & Confidentiality
A Natural Secret is:
A. Something kept secret about your nature
B. Something that would naturally harm a person 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
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Truth & ConfidentialityTruth & Confidentiality
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
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Truth & ConfidentialityTruth & Confidentiality
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 true
B. has not lied because the patient believes what the doctor wants them to believe
C. has not lied because the patient believes the truth
D. 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
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Truth & ConfidentialityTruth & Confidentiality
“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
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
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Truth & ConfidentialityTruth & Confidentiality
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
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General Biomedical General Biomedical EthicsEthics
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?
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Informed ConsentInformed Consent
The classification of people as children, intellectually disabled, or the pleasantly confused …
a) Tells us they are not suited to give informed consent
b) Tells us they can never be guilty of negligencec) Tells us nothing about their ability to consentd) Tells us little about their ability to consente) Is always illegitimate and degrading to persons
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Informed ConsentInformed Consent
Among the competing rules for determining what information is needed in informed consent, Garrett likes:
a)Patient preference and professional customb)Patient preference and prudent personc)Prudent person and subjective disclosured)Professional custom and subjective disclosuree)None of the rules; rules are too limiting
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Informed ConsentInformed Consent
The overarching, important consideration governing the information in informed consent is:
a)It must be strictly medicalb)It must be communicated free of emotionc)It must understood by the patientd)It must be delivered in writinge)It must be technically accurate
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Informed ConsentInformed Consent
Coercion and Undue Influence are thought to ruin the ability to give informed consent because they interfere with:
a) Competence
b) Voluntariness
c) Disclosure
d) Understanding
e) Dignity
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Paternalism v. Paternalism v. AutonomyAutonomy
Paternalism, weak or strong, is considered by both Vaughn and Garret to be:
a)A guide to treating the incompetentb)A guide to treating the competentc)To be avoided if possibled)B and Ce)A, B and C
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Paternalism v. Paternalism v. AutonomyAutonomy
Paternalism trying to benefit a patient irrespective of or contrary to:
a)a parent’s wishesb)a father’s wishesc)that patient’s wishesd)that patient’s wishes, only if competente)a physician’s wishes
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Paternalism v. Paternalism v. AutonomyAutonomy
Therapeutic Privilege is:
a)The patient’s right to the latest therapiesb)The doctor’s duty to use the latest therapiesc)The doctor’s right to deceive a patient for
their own goodd)The patient’s duty to refuse therapies they
cannot afforde)The privilege to use therapeuts
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Paternalism v. Paternalism v. AutonomyAutonomy
According to the Garrett book, strong paternalism is justified for the government to…
a)Protect the rights of othersb)Protect the patient from physical harmc)Protect a patient from financial harmd)Protect an overriding state intereste)Protect a hospital from liability
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AnswersAnswers
2C, 3B, 4D, 5D, 6B, 7E, 8E, 9D, 10C, 11C, 12B, 13E, 14C, 15C, 16D
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