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Chapter 05 - Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice
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- Allegany College Of Maryland
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Chapter 05 - Ethical and Legal Implications of PracticeKacmarek et al.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care,
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following sanctions can apply when one breaks a law?
1. Reparations or fines
2. Incarceration
3. Licensure suspension
4. Professional censure
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1, 2, and 3 only
c. 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: B
The force behind law is statutory punishment, ranging from reparations and fines to licensure
suspension and incarceration.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 82 OBJ: 1
2. What simple question does ethics attempt to answer?
a. Who is right and who is wrong?
b. How should we act?
c. What treatment is best?
d. Who benefits most?
ANS: B
Ethics is primarily concerned with the question, How should we act?
DIF: Recall REF: p. 82 OBJ: 1
3. What ethical issue has recently become a significant concern for respiratory therapists and all
health care providers due to a congressional act?
a. Patient’s right to privacy
b. Patient’s right to care
c. Patient’s right to consultation
d. Patient’s right to refuse treatment
ANS: A
The new century has brought one particular challenge, although not new to health care or to
respiratory therapists: a heightened awareness of the patient’s right to privacy.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 82 OBJ: 1
4. In most professions, specific guidance in resolving ethical dilemmas is provided by which of
the following?
a. An ethical theory
b. A code of ethics
c. Civil statutes
, d. Criminal statutes
ANS: B
Specific guidance in resolving ethical dilemmas is usually provided by a professional code of
ethics. General approaches involve the use of ethical theories and principles to reach a
decision.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 83 OBJ: 2
5. The AARC Code of Ethics holds professionals to which of following principles?
1. Actively maintaining and improving one’s competence
2. Following sound scientific procedures and ethical principles in research
3. Promoting disease prevention and wellness
4. Respecting and protecting the rights of patients they treat
a. 1, 2, 3, and 4
b. 2 and 4 only
c. 1, 2, and 3 only
d. 4 only
ANS: A
The current code appears in Box 5-1.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 83 OBJ: 3
6. Primary guiding principles in contemporary ethical decision making include which of the
following?
1. Nonmaleficence
2. Autonomy
3. Justice
4. Role fidelity
a. 2, 3, and 4 only
b. 1, 2, 3, and 4
c. 3 and 4 only
d. 2 and 3 only
ANS: B
Autonomy, veracity, nonmaleficence, beneficence, confidentiality, justice, and role fidelity
are primary guiding principles in contemporary ethical decision making.
DIF: Recall REF: pp. 85-86 OBJ: 4
7. Which ethical principle obliges a respiratory therapist to uphold a patient’s right to refuse a
treatment?
a. Autonomy
b. Veracity
c. Role fidelity
d. Beneficence
ANS: A
Under the principle of autonomy, a respiratory therapist’s use of deceit or coercion to get a
patient to reverse the decision to refuse a treatment is considered unethical.
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