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| What does fiduciary relationship describe? |
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Where one person places complete confidence in another
The PT/patient relationship |
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| Self-determination or self-rule |
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| Offensive touching done without consent |
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| What items does the patient need to be informed about? (Disclosure) |
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1. Diagnosis and pertinent evaluation findings
2. Nature of the recommended treatment
3. Risks of potential harm or complications; provide material to allow the patient to decide whether to accept or reject treatment
4. Expected benefits (goals) of treatment
5. Reasonable alternatives to proposed treatment |
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| Ethics is a systemic study of and reflection on values. T/F |
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| False! the systemic study of and reflection on morality |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true of professional codes?
A. A code is the most succinct statement of its professional (group) morality
B. A code will tell you exactly what to do in a difficult situation
C. A code is a protector of your own best interests as a professional committed to a patient's well being
D. A code provides you with a tool for engaging in self-assessment and self-improvement in practice |
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| B. A code does NOT give you the answer but provides guidance for consideration. All other responses are true and reflect the broad perspective of codes |
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One of the most helpful interpretations of professional responsibility is:
A. Professional Responsibility = Accountability + Respect
B. Professional Responsibility = Assessment + Responsibility
C. Professional Responsibility = Accountability + Responsiveness
D. Professional Responsibility = Accountability + Rights |
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| C. This = accountability which provides the ethical standard or ideal against which one's actions can be measured along with responsiveness which is relational and requires you to be engaged with the other |
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| A reliable general test for who among the team members should be given certain types of information is the "need to know" test. T/F |
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Which of the following statements is NOT a legal exception to the standard of practice that confidence must be kept except with patient's consent:
A. An emergency in which keeping the confidence will harm the patient
B. The patient is incompetent and a third party needs to be informed as a decision maker
C. A serious threat that others may be harmed (terrorist threat)
D. Request from a third party who has been harmed |
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| D. Request from a third party who has been harmed |
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The critical legal elements that underlie informed consent are the following:
A. Battery, Disclosure, Fiduciary relationship
B. Disclosure, Consent, Battery
C. Battery, Contracts, Disclosure
D. Fiduciary relationship, Contracts, Disclosure |
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| B. Disclosure, Consent, Battery |
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