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Health Law and Ethics Practice Questions

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Health Law and Ethics explores the complex legal and ethical issues that arise in the delivery of healthcare. The course examines foundational legal principles governing the healthcare system, including patient rights, informed consent, confidentiality, and professional liability. It also delves into ethical frameworks for addressing dilemmas related to resource allocation, end-of-life care, and emerging biomedical technologies. By analyzing case studies and real-world scenarios, students gain critical skills in applying both legal standards and ethical reasoning to decision-making in diverse healthcare settings.

Recommended Textbook Law and Ethics for Health Professions 7th Edition by Karen Judson BS

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Ethics

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Q1) Formed through the influences of family, culture, and society, these serve as the basis for ethical conduct:

A) moral values

B) codes of etiquette

C) protocol standards

D) laws

E) policies and procedures

Answer: A

Q2) Written codes of ethics for health care practitioners:

A) evolved primarily to serve as moral guidelines for those who provide care

B) are legally binding

C) did not exist in ancient times

D) are used in legal cases

E) are enforced by hospitals

Answer: A

Q3) Standards of behavior, developed as a result of one's concept of right and wrong, is known as:

Answer: ethics, which is concerned with the concept of right or wrong over and above that which is legal in a given situation.

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Chapter 2: Making Ethical Decisions

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Q1) A nurse manager determines the work shifts for the staff based on predetermined health care facility guidelines. This is an example of what type of decision making?

A) rule-utilitarianism

B) act-utilitarianism

C) duty-oriented

D) deontological

E) virtue ethics

Answer: A

Q2) What is the unique focus of health care providers that challenges them to make sound ethical decisions?

A) the administration of medications

B) the performance of medical procedures

C) the offering of health care to all

D) the allocation of scarce resources

E) the health and well-being of the patient

Answer: E

Q3) This value choices theory states that decisions should be made by determining what will produce the best outcome.

Answer: Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is a consequence-oriented theory.

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Chapter 3: Working in Health Care

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Q1) Which of the settings below provides limited liability for the providers?

A) associate practice

B) partnership

C) sole proprietorship

D) group practice

E) professional corporation

Answer: E

Q2) A health care provider is explaining to staff members about the accreditation process. Which of the following may be accredited?

A) a pharmacist

B) a hospital

C) a pharmaceutical company

D) a pharmacy

E) a medical supply company

Answer: B

Q3) Health insurance that covers the insured against a potential loss of money from medical expenses resulting from an illness or accident is known as:

Answer: Indemnity insurance. Indemnity is a traditional form of health insurance.

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Chapter 4: Law the Courts and Contracts

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Q1) There are ______ branches of the federal government.

A) five

B) two

C) three

D) four

E) six

Q2) Dr. Giles and his practice manager are considering charging interest on unpaid balances. Which law says the doctor must first tell the patients of this change in policy?

A) Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

B) Regulation Z of the Consumer Protection Act

C) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

D) Health Collection Act

E) Statute of Frauds

Q3) Laws enacted by state or federal legislatures are called:

A) case law

B) bills

C) amendments

D) statutes

E) common law

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Chapter 5: Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice

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Q1) In an informal proceeding of arbitration, each side presents evidence and witnesses. In the dispute resolution method referred to as med-arb, who resolves the dispute if the two parties are unable to reach an agreement after mediation?

A) the mediator

B) the jury

C) the judge

D) the court

E) arbitrator

Q2) The definition of liability is:

A) the legal responsibility of competent adults for their own acts

B) applied only to on-the-job acts

C) duty of care

D) standard of care

E) confidentiality

Q3) Those damages awarded by the court to punish the defendant are called:

A) general compensatory

B) consequential

C) special compensatory

D) punitive

E) nominal

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Chapter 6: Defenses to Liability Suits

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Q1) Just over 41 percent of respondents in a study done by Charles Vincent said that certain actions after a patient's injuries might have prevented litigation. Which of the following is the highest-rated action that might prevent litigation?

A) financial compensation

B) listening to the patient

C) correction of the mistake

D) an explanation and apology

E) investigation by the hospital

Q2) A health care practitioner who practices the "four Cs of medical malpractice prevention" finds two important benefits related to one of the "Cs"-that is, improvement in patients' medical conditions and the decreased likelihood that they will sue. Which "C" is most likely to provide these benefits?

A) caring

B) communication

C) control

D) competence

E) charting

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Chapter 7: Medical Records and Informed Consent

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Q1) A physician has a private practice employing a physician assistant, a nurse, and a medical assistant. The physician also has hospital privileges at a nearby facility. Who owns the medical records generated by both and him and the staff at the practice?

A) the public health department

B) the physician assistant if he or she treated the patient

C) the hospital

D) the insurance company paying the bills

E) the physician

Q2) Which of the following is an example of a patient who usually cannot give informed consent?

A) an emancipated minor

B) a married minor

C) a mature minor

D) an elderly patient

E) an adult who is mentally incompetent

Q3) Define health information technology.

Q4) List the five C's that describe the attributes of a good entry into the medical record.

Q5) Describe the purpose of a Good Samaritan act.

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Chapter 8: Privacy, Security, and Fraud

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Q1) According to the GAO, the amount of improper payments to providers from Medicare fee-for-service plans in 2011 was:

A) $2.4 billion

B) $8.6 billion

C) $18.2 billion

D) $22.5 billion

E) $28.8 billion

Q2) Which of the following is not a reason that Medicare fraud is difficult to estimate?

A) Health care claims are destroyed after two years.

B) Fraud is hard to detect.

C) Sometimes a claim is partially fraudulent and partially accurate.

D) Dollar amounts spent in a single incident of fraud are increasing.

E) Statistics from prior years are not always accurate.

Q3) In a physician's office, a sign-in sheet is permissible to use as long as

A) the receptionist immediately crosses off the name.

B) the sign-in sheet is a peel-off label for each patient.

C) the actual time of the appointment is not recorded.

D) you do not ask for the reason for the visit.

E) the patient signs their name, and doesn't just print it.

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Chapter 9: Physicians Public Duties and Responsibilities

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Q1) Who is responsible for gathering and filing many of the vital statistics collected by the states and the federal government?

A) school administrators

B) financial executives

C) county commissioners

D) health care practitioners

E) religious leaders

Q2) Which of the following victims was the Laci and Conner's Act passed to protect?

A) vulnerable adults

B) older adults

C) children

D) fetuses

E) infants

Q3) Explain the relationship between the 10^th amendment of the U.S. Constitution and public health statutes.

Q4) If a death did not occur because of suspicious circumstances, who must give consent for an autopsy to be performed?

Q5) What is the process for reporting all live births in the hospital?

Q6) What is federalism?

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Chapter 10: Workplace Legalities

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Q1) What responsibilities do employees have under OSHA standards?

Q2) The primary source of information for OSHA standards is

A) the medical office policy handbook.

B) hospital policies and procedures.

C) OSHA state law.

D) OSHA federal law.

E) OSHA Web site.

Q3) Which of the following information should not be included on an employee's W-2 form?

A) employer tax ID number

B) employee's Social Security number

C) amounts deducted for life insurance

D) total earnings paid by the employer

E) amounts deducted for income tax and Social Security

Q4) What is the purpose of the Hazard Communication Standard?

Q5) What is the purpose of an I-9 form?

Q6) Identify, in order, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) five priorities for workplace inspections.

Q7) What is the major responsibility for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?

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Chapter 11: The Beginning of Life and Childhood

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Q1) The medical examiner is attempting to eliminate a suspect in a crime. What type of DNA testing might the medical examiner do?

A) carrier

B) forensic

C) prenatal testing

D) tracing lineage

E) predictive

Q2) What does the term genetics mean?

Q3) What is a gene?

Q4) An infertile couple who is adopting a child locates a birth mother and then asks an agency to take over the adoption process. This is an example of what type of adoption?

A) agency adoption

B) independent adoption

C) international adoption

D) identified adoption

E) private adoption

Q5) What is gene therapy?

Q6) What is the safe haven law?

Q7) What is genetic discrimination?

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Chapter 12: Death and Dying

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Q1) Autopsies must be performed in cases in which the death is suspicious or due to homicide. Which of the following is true regarding current trends in performing autopsies?

A) Technological advances have made postmortem diagnoses more essential.

B) A reason for fewer autopsies is the unavailability of pathologists in small hospitals.

C) More autopsies are performed today because insurance companies cover them.

D) When an autopsy is mandated by law, family members must give consent.

E) Health care costs have climbed, so fewer autopsies are being done.

Q2) Increasingly, schools that train health care providers are offering courses in thanatology. What is the focus of this course of study?

A) death and psychological methods of coping with it

B) using aggressive curative treatment on patients with terminal illnesses

C) using religion to cope with death issues

D) legal and ethical issues pertaining to euthanasia

E) using experimental methods to save terminally ill patients

Q3) What are Roberta Temes's stages of grief?

Q4) Using Kübler-Ross's model, identify the five stages of grief.

Q5) What is a durable power of attorney?

Q6) What is a health care proxy?

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Chapter 13: Health Care Trends and Forecasts

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Q1) Define life expectancy and life span.

Q2) What is the role of social media in health care?

Q3) What has been the largest barrier to using stem cells to treat disease?

A) availability of stem cells

B) rejection of stem cells by the body

C) adverse effects of treatment

D) cost of treatment

E) ethical and religious objections

Q4) If current trends with the percentage of the GDP represented by health care spending continue, by 2038, the Congressional Budget Office projects health care spending could easily exceed what percentage of the GDP?

A) 17

B) 22

C) 30

D) 35

E) 40

Q5) Describe how food labels could help in health care problems.

Q6) Define pharmacogenomics.

Q7) Define cost as it relates to health care.

Q8) What is the role of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality?

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