Medical Ethics & Patient Rights Flashcards
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The concept of 'non-maleficence' in healthcare ethics means a practitioner must:
Answer: Avoid causing unnecessary harm to patients
Non-maleficence is the foundational ethical obligation to avoid causing unnecessary harm or injury to the patient.
An AK patient discloses during a session that they are experiencing domestic violence. The practitioner's ethical duty is to:
Answer: Provide information about resources and, where mandated, report appropriately
Practitioners must provide resource information and comply with any applicable mandatory reporting laws while considering patient safety.
Which situation would most clearly represent a conflict of interest for an AK practitioner?
Answer: Recommending supplements the practitioner profits from without disclosing this to the patient
Recommending products from which a practitioner financially benefits without disclosure creates a conflict of interest that must be transparently communicated.
Which ethical principle is most directly applied when an AK practitioner ensures that all patients, regardless of background, receive equitable quality of care?
Answer: Justice
Justice in healthcare ethics requires fair and equitable distribution of care and resources to all patients without discrimination.
A patient asks an AK practitioner about the practitioner's qualifications and training. The practitioner's ethical obligation is to:
Answer: Be truthful and fully transparent about their qualifications
Veracity (truthfulness) requires practitioners to be honest and transparent with patients about their credentials, training, and scope of practice.
When is it ethically permissible for an AK practitioner to breach patient confidentiality without explicit consent?
Answer: When there is a credible risk of serious harm to the patient or others
Confidentiality may ethically be breached only when there is a credible and serious risk of harm to the patient or identifiable others, as a duty to warn.
Which federal law primarily governs the privacy of patient health information in the United States?
Answer: HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
HIPAA establishes national standards for protecting the privacy and security of patients' protected health information (PHI) in the US.