HTH 423: Final Exam questions with
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Physicians are expected to engage in behaviors that demonstrate excellence and __________________
in their actions. - correct answer ✔✔virtue
_______________ theory uses practical reason as a tool to decide what is good or evil. - correct answer
✔✔natural law
when a person is not competent to make his/her own decisions and his/her wishes are not known,
_______________ is used in place of full autonomy - correct answer ✔✔substitute judgement
if we take positive steps to help others, we are practicing _______________. - correct answer
✔✔beneficence
When a physician tries to coerce someone into making a decision, it prevents free choice and violates
_______________. - correct answer ✔✔autonomy
FMLA guarantees 12 weeks of _______________ leave for birth, adoption, foster, medical illness or care
of sick family member. - correct answer ✔✔unpaid
when someone received due process under the law, it is called - correct answer ✔✔procedural justice
_______________ rights are our right to get things, services, or goods; _______________ rights ensure
that you are left along. - correct answer ✔✔positive
negative
In healthcare, people with life threatening emergencies are treated first. This is an example distributive
justice based on _______________ - correct answer ✔✔need
,when determining who gets ventilator and who doesn't, one can use _______________ - correct answer
✔✔distributive justice
_______________ theories and principles introduce order in the way people think about life. They are
the foundations of ethical analysis and provide guidance in the decision-making process - correct answer
✔✔ethical
The theory of _______________ holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture - correct
answer ✔✔ethical relativism
PHI stands for... - correct answer ✔✔Protected Health Information
According to Gostin (2001), "ethics for public health, involved taking a stand for the goals, interventions,
and reforms that are most likely to achieve the moral aims of public health" - correct answer
✔✔advocacy
The Belmont Report identified which of the following as a basic ethical principle - correct answer
✔✔Respect for Persons
_______________ is the study of social, ethical, and legal issues that arise in biomedicine and
biomedical research - correct answer ✔✔Bioethics
Health promotion and equity issues in public health state that governments can try to change lifestyle
behavior choices, but ultimately adults have the right to engage in risky behavior as long as they - correct
answer ✔✔don't put others at risk
Condom distribution and needle exchange programs are examples of _______________ prevention
programs - correct answer ✔✔harm
HIPAA covers which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔medical documents
Match the type of ethic with the example:
, Legalizing euthanasia - correct answer ✔✔M
edical ethics
Match the type of ethic with the example:
Sugar tax - correct answer ✔✔Public health ethics
Match the type of ethic with the example:
Vaccine distribution - correct answer ✔✔Public health ethics
Match the type of ethic with the example:
Genetic testing - correct answer ✔✔Medical ethics
Match the type of ethic with the example:
Tuskagee Syphilis Study - correct answer ✔✔Research Ethics
Match the type of ethic with the example:
Alternative Energy Source - correct answer ✔✔Environmental Ethics
Describe the difference between metaethics and normative ethics - correct answer ✔✔
You are the obstetrician of a 27-year old single woman referred to you late in her first trimester after
positive pregnancy test. She admits to a history of heroin addiction, with several unsuccessful attempts
"get off it" in community-based programs, as well as to currently using. Although buying and using
heroin is illegal, she has no criminal record. The heroin use poses developmental risks to the fetus as well
as the risk of fetal addiction. You live in a state that defines drug abuse while pregnant as criminal child
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