Ethics
The branch of philosophy relating to morals or moral principles is
ethics
The father of medicine, who wrote a statement of principles for his medical students to follow is
Hippocrates
The loss of a physician's license
Revocation
forbids the sale of organs
The National Organ Transplant Law of 1984
neither the experimenter nor the patient knows who is getting the research treatment
double blind test
Illegal acts: ________ unethical
usually
The earliest code of ethics governing the conduct of those practicing medicine is
The Hippocratic oath
The AAMA has developed a code ethics for the
Medical Assistant
Kidney transplants are fully funded by
Medicare
Research that will not directly benefit the research subject is
Nontherapeutic research
Standards of professional behavior practiced by physicians in their relationships or conduct with other physicians is called
medical etiquette
An employee should state a preference for not wishing to be involved in assisting with a procedure:
Before being hired
The issue of a warning or censure by the AMA to physician occurs when the physician
is accused of unethical behavior or conduct
Giving organs to patients who will benefit the most is called
social utility
group who receives no treatment (research)
control group
Issues discussed in the context of advanced medical technology are called
bioethics
The administration of a lethal agent by another person to a patient for the purpose of is
euthanasia
If someone alleges that a physician has committed a criminal act, the AMA is required to
report it to the state licensing board or governmental agency
permits competent adults to allow posthumous use of their organs through a written document
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Placing the researcher's interests above the patient's interests is considered
conflict of interest
A decision model for helping resolve ethical issues includes asking (3)
what do we know?
who is involved?
where and when does the situation occur
Applied ethics relates to
health care professions
The concern for the human subject in medical experimentation is the result of the
Nuremburg Code
The ethics committee of a hospital serves in an advisory capacity to patients, families, and staff to: (3)
decide who gets donated organs
review difficult ethical issues
determine when care will be discontinued
An institutional review board in a hospital or university receiving federal research funds
oversees any human research in the facility