Medical Ethics & Patient Rights Flashcards
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Which of the following is an example of appropriate boundary maintenance in a therapeutic relationship?
Answer: Maintaining professional communication through approved channels only
Professional boundaries protect patients from exploitation and preserve the integrity of the therapeutic relationship by limiting interactions to appropriate channels.
Under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a hospital emergency department is legally required to:
Answer: Provide a medical screening exam and stabilizing treatment regardless of ability to pay
EMTALA mandates that hospitals provide medical screening and stabilization to anyone presenting to the ED regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.
A provider who administers a treatment to a competent patient without consent may be liable for which legal concept?
Answer: Battery
Battery is defined as intentional, harmful, or offensive contact without consent — unauthorized medical treatment on a competent patient constitutes battery.
Which document specifically outlines a patient's wishes regarding life-sustaining treatment in the event they cannot speak for themselves?
Answer: Living will
A living will documents a patient's specific preferences about life-sustaining measures, guiding providers when the patient is incapacitated.
The ethical principle of beneficence requires healthcare providers to:
Answer: Act in the patient's best interest and promote their well-being
Beneficence obligates providers to take positive actions that benefit patients and promote their health and well-being.
A coworker shares a patient's medical information with other staff members who are not involved in that patient's care. This is best described as:
Answer: A HIPAA privacy violation
Sharing patient information with staff not involved in care constitutes an unauthorized disclosure and is a violation of HIPAA's minimum necessary rule.
Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the concept of 'double effect' in medical ethics?
Answer: Administering high-dose pain medication that may hasten death as a side effect of relieving suffering
The doctrine of double effect permits an action with a harmful side effect (hastening death) when the primary intent is good (pain relief) and the harm is not the means to the good.