Ethical Standards & Professional Practices Flashcards
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A medical illustrator is asked by a pharmaceutical client to subtly alter a molecular diagram to make a drug appear more effective. What is the ethical obligation?
Answer: Refuse and explain that scientific accuracy cannot be compromised
Medical illustrators must maintain scientific accuracy and cannot manipulate images to misrepresent data, regardless of client pressure.
Under AMI's Code of Ethics, how should a medical illustrator handle a situation where they discover a colleague has plagiarized another illustrator's work?
Answer: Directly confront the colleague privately first, then report if unresolved
AMI ethics guidelines encourage addressing misconduct first through direct communication, then escalating to formal reporting if necessary.
Which of the following best describes 'informed consent' as it applies to medical illustration involving patient imagery?
Answer: The patient or legal guardian explicitly agrees to the use of their medical data or likeness
Informed consent requires that patients or their legal guardians explicitly agree to how their medical information or likeness will be used in illustrations.
A medical illustrator is offered a gift by a vendor who supplies their stock imagery. Ethically, what should the illustrator do?
Answer: Decline if the gift could influence professional objectivity or purchasing decisions
Accepting gifts that could compromise objectivity or create a conflict of interest violates professional ethics standards.
When a medical illustrator produces work under a work-for-hire agreement, who holds the copyright?
Answer: The hiring client or employer owns the copyright
Under work-for-hire agreements, copyright is legally owned by the employer or commissioning party, not the creator.
An illustrator's contract does not specify ownership of preliminary sketches. What is the best professional practice?
Answer: Clarify ownership of all deliverables, including sketches, in writing before starting
Professional best practice requires that all intellectual property terms, including preliminary materials, be explicitly defined in the contract.
A medical illustrator is credentialed as a CMI and is asked to review a colleague's work for a court case. What standard applies to their expert testimony?
Answer: They must provide honest, objective analysis regardless of personal relationships
Expert witnesses, including CMIs, are obligated to provide truthful and objective testimony regardless of who retained them.