Test Bank For Introduction to Health Care 4th Edition By Mitchell

True / False

1. Ethical systems are based on the laws of a country.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

NOTES: The opposite is true: laws are generally based on the ethical principles of a society.

2. The answers to most ethical issues in health care can be found in the code of ethics for your occupational area.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

NOTES: Codes of ethics provide guiding principles, not answers to ethical questions.

3. Personal values must sometimes be put aside if they conflict with facility policies regarding patient care.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

NOTES: Personal values sometimes conflict with workplace policies.

4. It is legal to take organs after a patient’s death, without his prior permission or that of his family, if there are patients in the same facility waiting for transplants.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

NOTES: Permission is required for organ harvesting.

5. As long as a patient gives permission for a procedure, the health care professional is guaranteed protection from charges of battery.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

NOTES: There are no guarantees against charges—charges can be brought whether founded or not. However, the professional can be proven innocent.

6. Health care facilities are required by federal law to inform patients of their right to prepare advance directives.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

NOTES: This is current federal law.

7. Patient confidentiality can be broken, if necessary, to report suspected abuse.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

NOTES: Suspected abuse must be reported.

8. Health care professionals cannot be held legally responsible for the actions of their employees if the employees have not followed the employer’s instructions.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

NOTES: Employers can be held responsible for the actions of their employees, even if the employees do not follow their employers’ directions.

9. It is illegal for the physician who signs a patient’s death certificate to participate in any activities that involve removing organs from a deceased patient for transplant in another patient.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

NOTES: Physicians may not be involved in removing organs from a deceased patient if they signed the death certificate.

10. A leading cause of malpractice lawsuits is poor interpersonal relationships between patients and health care providers.

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

NOTES: Patients who do not have good interpersonal relationships with their health care providers are more likely to file malpractice lawsuits.