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Vet Ethics
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Veterinary Medicine
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10/18/2011

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What is ONE of the visitors that came to our class?
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State Veterinarian- Dr. Tony Frazier
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Where was the first vet school and when was it founded?
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Lyon, France 1761
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AVMA was founded when?
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1863
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Who is the "voice" of organzied veterinary medicine?
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AVMA
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What is the veterinarian-client-patient relationship?
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It is the basis for interaction among veterinarians, their clients, and their patients.
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What is an attending veterinarian?
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A veterinarian who assumes responsibility for primary care of a patient. A VCPR is established.
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What is a consulting veterinarian?
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A veterinarian who agrees to advise an attending veterinarian on the care and management of a case. The VCPR remains the responsibility of the attending veterinarian.
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Who is the referral veterinarian or receiving veterinarian?
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A veterinarian who agrees to provide requested veterinary services. A NEW VCPR is established. The referring and referral veterinarians must communicate.
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What is an ethical product?
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a product for which the manufacturer has voluntarily limited the sale to veterinarians as a marketing decision. Such products are often given a different product name and are often given a different product name and are packaged differently than products that are sold directly to consumers.
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What is a legend drug?
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A synonymous term for a veterinary prescription drug. The name referes to the statement (legend) that is required on the label.
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What is an Over the Counter (OTC) drug?
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Any drug that can be labeled with adequate direction to enable it to be used safely and properly by a consumer who is not a medicial professional.
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What ia prescription drug?
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A drug that cannot be labeled with adequate direction to enable its safe and proper use by non-professionals.
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What is a veterinary prescription drug?
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A drug that is restricted by federal law to use by or on the order of a liscensed veterinarian, according to section 503 (f) of the federal Food, drug, and cosmetic act.
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What is dispensing when it comes to veterianry drugs?
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The direct distribution of products by veterinarians to clients for use on their animals.
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What is prescribing when it comes to veterinary drugs?
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The transmitting of an order authorizing a licensed pharmacist or equivalent to prepare and disense specified pharmaceuticals to be used in or on animals in the dosage and in the manner directed by a veterinarian.
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What is marketing when it comes to veterinary drugs?
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Promoting and encouraging animal owners to improve animal health and welfare by using veterinary care, services, and products.
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What is merchandising when it comes to to veterinary drugs?
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The buying and selling of products or services
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What is the defintion of ethos?
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Shared fundamental traits: the fundatmental and distinctive character of a grou, social context, or period of time, typicaly expressed in attitudes, habits, and beliefs.
synonyms: philospophy, beliefs, character, code...etc.
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What does SKAAF stand for?
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Skills, knowledge, aptitude, attitude and FUNdamentals
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What is the true test of ethics? and what is the concern of the vet for?
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Compassion.
1. Patients
2. clients
3. Public at large
4. Colleagues
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The AVMA judicial council is charged to advise on what of the Association?
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Interpretation of bylaws
Questions of veterinary medical ethics
Other rules of association
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What should Veterinarians first consider?
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The needs of the patient: to relieve disease, suffering, or disability while minimizing pain or fear.
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If a veterinarian has not been awardded certification of an AVMA recognized specialty organization is it ethical?
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NOOOOOOO
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IN EMERGENCIES is it ethical for veterinarians to provide essential services for animals when necessary to save life or relieve suffering, subsequent to client agreement?
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YES it is an ethical responsibility.
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Is it ethical for a veterinarian to slander or injure the professional standing or reputation of another veterinarian if it is false or misleading information?
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NO
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Is it unethical for veterinarians to not protet the personal privacy of patients and clients?
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YES
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Dispensing or prescribing a prescription product requires what?
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A VCPR!!
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Veterinarians may terminate a VCPR when?
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under certain conditions, and they have an ethical obligation to use courtesy and tact in doing so.
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When can clients terminate a VCPR?
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AT ANY TIME
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The coice of treatments or animal care should not be influenced by condiserations other than the needs of what???
Definition
The patient, the welfare of the client and the safety of the public.
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Veterinarians should not allow their medical judgement to be influenced by agreements by which they stand to profit through what?
Definition
referring clients to other providers of services or products.
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The medical judgements of veterinarians should not be influenced by what?
Definition
Contracts or agreements made by their associations or societies.
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Who as control over the contents and speakers when conferences, meetings, or lectrues are sponsered by outside entities?
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The organziation that presents the program not the funding sponser.
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Veterinarians should disclose to clients potential what?
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Conflicts of interest
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Who is responsible for choosing the treatment regimens for patients?
Definition
The attending veterinarian.
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Is it unethical for veterinarians to prescribe or dispense prescription products in the absence of a VCPR?
Definition
YESSS need VCPR!!!
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Is it unethical for veterinarians to prescribe or dispense prescription products in the presence of a VCPR?
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NO (look closely)
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Is it unethical for veterinatians to promote, sell, prescribe, dispense, or use secret remedies or any other product for which they do not know the ingredient formula?
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YES NEED TO KNOW INFO!!
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Is it unethical for veterinarians to use or permit the use of their names, signatures or professional status in connection with the resale of ethicla products in a manner which violates those directions or conditions specified by the manufacturer to ensure the safe and efficacious use of the product?
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YES ITS IN VIOLATION
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If the patient's health is dependent upon correction of such genetic defects is it ethical to keep it capable of reproduction?
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NO it has to be rendered incapable of reproduction.
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What are an integral part of veterinary care which they must comply with the standards established by state and federal law?
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Veterinary medical records.
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Whos property are the mdicial records?
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The property of the practice and the practice owner.
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The information within veterinary medicial records is considered what?
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Priviledged and confidential. MUST NOT be relaesed except by court order or consent of the owner of the patient.
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Veterinarians are obligated to proved copies or summeries of what when requested by the client?
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Medical records with a written release to document that request.
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Is it unethical for a veterinarian to remove, copy, or use the medical records or any part of any record?
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YES it must be confidential.
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Is it unethical for veterinarians to engage in fee-splitting?
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YES fee-splitting is bad.
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What is fee-splitting?
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A payment by a referral veterinarian of part of their fee to the attending veterinarian who has not rendered professional services.
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Under the defintion of fee-spliting does this include the use of consultants, laboratory services and online pharmacies?
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NO it does not include them.
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Is it ethical for a group or assocation of veterinarians to take any action which coerces, pressures, or achieves agreement among veterinarians to conform to a fee schedule or fixed fees?
Definition
No it is unethical.
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Is advertising by veterinarians ethical? When if so?
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Yes when there are no false, deceptive, or misleading statements or claims.
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Is it ethical for veterinarians to permit the use of their names by commercial enterprises so that the they can adevertise under veterinary supervision, only if they provide such supervisioN?
Definition
Yes it is ethical.
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