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Medical Ethics and Etiquette
1. Medical ethics and medical etiquette are .... - a. the same - b. different - c. almost the same - d. opposite
️ b. different.
2. "Ghost surgery" is a what?
️ A situation where the patient has consented to sur...
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Medical Ethics and Etiquette
1. Medical ethics and medical etiquette are ....
- a. the same
- b. different
- c. almost the same
- d. opposite
✔️ b. different.
2. "Ghost surgery" is a what?
✔️ A situation where the patient has consented to surgery by one physician, but without the patient's
knowledge or approval, another surgeon performs the surgery.
3. A ________ is a practical rule guiding behavior or technique.
- a. law
- b. custom
- c. cultural more
- d. precept
✔️ d. precept.
4. Information 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
✔️ c. public domain.
, 5. ________ ethics concerns issues of right and wrong, human character and behavior.
- a. kind
- b. moral
- c. professional
- d. accurate
✔️ b. moral.
6. The most commonly known code of ethics for the medical profession, written about 400 B.C, is the
___________.
✔️ Hippocratic Oath.
7. The first American Medical Association code of ethics was written in what year?
✔️ 1847.
8. The latest revision of the American Medical Association code of ethics took place in what year?
✔️ 1980.
9. The principles in the AMA code of ethics are not law but:
- a. custom
- b. standards
- c. good manners
- d. conventional
✔️ b. standards.
10. Violation of the tenets of an association or society may result in ________.
- a. censure
- b. expulsion
- c. suspension
- d. all of the above
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