TEST BANK
Medical Law, Ethics, & Bioethics for the Health Professions
Carol D. Tamparo
8th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics 1
Chapter 02 Medical Practice Management 7
Chapter 03 Health-Care Team in the Ambulatory Setting 13
Chapter 04 State and Federal Regulations 19
Chapter 05 Professional Liability 25
Chapter 06 Law for Health Professionals 32
Chapter 07 Public Duties 38
Chapter 08 Consent 44
Chapter 09 Medical Records 51
Chapter 10 Reimbursement and Collection Practices 57
Chapter 11 Employment Practices 63
Chapter 12 A Cultural Perspective for Health Professionals 70
Chapter 13 Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources 76
Chapter 14 Genetic Engineering 81
Chapter 15 Reproductive Issues 87
Chapter 16 End of Life Issues 93
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Test Bank - Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics for the Health Professions, 8th Edition (Tamparo, 2022)
Chapter 1: Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics
TRUE/FALSE
1. Laws are societal, human-made rules that are advisable or obligatory to observe.
ANS: T KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
2. Ethics is easier to define than law.
ANS: F KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
3. Medical specialization means fewer people are involved in personal health care.
ANS: F
4. Honesty and integrity are two traits required of the ambulatory health-care professional.
ANS: T KEY: CAAHEP: X.A.1
5. Ethics are sometimes defined as morals, values, and codes of behavior.
ANS: T KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
6. Discussion of law, ethics, or bioethics will include discussion of the others.
ANS: T
7. Medical law addresses licensure of health-care professionals; it does not address client
safety.
ANS: F
8. Ethics is a set of moral standards.
ANS: T KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
9. Since federal law permits abortions, a physician is required to perform abortions or risk
being penalized by the state.
ANS: F
10. The AMA puts forth a code of ethics that all health-care professionals must adhere to.
ANS: F
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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11. Laws are:
a. codes for behavior.
b. obligatory societal rules.
c. only made at the state level.
d. not meant to regulate medicine.
ANS: B KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
12. Ethical issues include:
a. right to refuse immunization.
b. no legal implications.
c. personal rights only.
d. professional rights only.
ANS: A KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
13. Bioethical issues:
a. have not changed in the past few decades.
b. come about when laws are passed.
c. cover only worldwide populations.
d. relate to biomedical technology and its practices.
ANS: D KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
14. Factors that influence law, ethics, and bioethics include:
a. medical insurance and managed care.
b. potential for greed in health care.
c. emerging medical technology.
d. all of the above.
ANS: D KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
15. Ethics is/are:
a. a set of legal standards.
b. not related to morals.
c. different in every culture.
d. universal rules.
ANS: C KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
16. The economics of health care:
a. make health care available to everyone.
b. is, in part, driven by medical technology.
c. is unaffected by managed care.
d. is not influenced by medical specialization.
ANS: B
17. Ethical and bioethical standards can be _____________, _____________, _____________,
and _____________.
a. personal, organizational, institutional, worldwide
b. organizational, institutional, linked, ritual
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c. personal, organizational, traditional, conventional
d. merged, grouped, blended, linked
ANS: A KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
18. The three Codes of Ethics that apply to worldwide issues are _____________,
_____________, and _____________.
a. Confederate Code, Engagement Code, Ethics of America Healthcare Workers
b. Geneva Convention Code, Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki
c. Declaration of Helsinki, AAMA Code of Morals, United Nations Code
d. Nuremberg Code, Conduct Code of the Americas, Christopher Columbus Ethical
Code
ANS: B
19. Who dictates the ethics for an individual health-care employee?
a. The head provider in the clinic
b. The hospital that owns the clinic
c. The health-care workers themselves
d. The office manager of the clinic
ANS: C KEY: ABHES: 11.b.4
20. Which of the following influence the ethics of a health-care worker?
a. Gender of the worker
b. Geographic area in which the worker is employed
c. Age of the worker
d. Culture of the worker
ANS: D
COMPLETION
21. _____________ are groups of individuals who put a plan in place before an ethical crisis
occurs.
ANS: Ethics Committees
22. Laws are designed to protect the _____________ and _____________ of society.
ANS: welfare, safety
KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
23. President _____________ established the first bioethical advisory group/commission in
1995.
ANS: Clinton
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24. Laws are mandatory rules to which all citizens must adhere. Ethics are _____________
standards to which all citizens must adhere.
ANS: optional
KEY: CAAHEP: X.C.1
25. _____________ and _____________ factors are relevant to the importance of medical law,
ethics, and bioethics.
ANS: Political, economic
26. One of the big issues with health care is the debate over whether health care is a right or a
_____________.
ANS: privilege
27. A certified medical assistant follows the code of ethics written by the _____________.
ANS: American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
28. The purpose of any patient bill of rights is to make certain that clients _____________.
ANS: know their rights
KEY: CAAHEP: IX.C.4
29. “Is it legal or in accordance with institutional or company policy” is a question developed
by _____________ and _____________ to help with ethical dilemmas.
ANS: Blanchard, Peale
30. The _____________ is an important communication link between the client and the
provider.
ANS: health-care employee
SHORT ANSWER
31. Identify the three “ethics check” questions of Blanchard and Peale:
ANS:
Is it legal with institutional or company policy? Does it promote a win-win situation with as
many individuals as possible? How would I feel about myself were I to read it in the daily
newspaper?
KEY: CAAHEP: X.A.1 | ABHES: 11.b.4
32. Name five desirable characteristics of a professional health-care employee:
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