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Questions
1. The concept of confidentiality in medical practice includes all but which of the following?
A. ... the right of a patient to refuse to discuss medically irrelevant information with their medical providers.
B. ... an implicit promise by medical professionals who receive patient information not to disclose it to others without the patient's authorization.
C. ...the claim of individuals...to determine for themselves when, how and to what extent medical information about them is communicated to third parties.
2. Which one of the following is not an argument that was used by the American Psychiatric Association in the aftermath of Tarasoff I (Tarasoff v. U.C. Berkeley) in defense of confidentiality?
A. Psychotherapists can usually predict with accuracy and report just those patients who will carry out threats of violence.
B. Confidentiality in psychotherapy is essential for successful treatment which depends on establishing a relationship of trust with the patient.
C. Without the assurance of confidentiality patients will be deterred from seeking treatment, or fully disclosing their intentions.
3. Which of the one following best characterizes medical cultural relativism?
A. There are no understandings of health and medicine that are universally correct.
B. Cross cultural evaluations of different medical practices are possible.
C. Medical science can be used to criticize practices that differ from it.
4. Which one of the following statements best represents the principle of tolerance?
A. The principle of tolerance allows criticism of practices such as capital punishment.
B. The principle of tolerance proves that it is impossible to criticize practices such capital punishment.
C. The principle of tolerance proves that meta-ethical cultural relativism is true.
5. Cataract patients are given several pamphlets describing the features of different intra-ocular lenses, and without further discussion are told that the lens selection is entirely up to the patient. This illustrates which one of the following models of medical decision-making?
A. Informative Model
B. Deliberative Model
C. Paternalistic Model