Reference no: EM133284018
1. Regarding the right of patients to forgo CPR via a do-not-resuscitate order, the AMA wrote: "The physician has an ethical obligation to honor the resuscitation preferences expressed by the patient. Physicians should not permit their personal value judgments about quality of life to obstruct the implementation of a patient's preferences regarding the use of CPR."
This line of reasoning most clearly illustrates the principle of
nonmaleficence.
patient autonomy.
beneficence.
paternalism.
2. A physician knows that if they tell their patient the truth about their diagnosis, it will complicate their treatment and recovery. However, they reason that in the long run, lies do more harm than good because they erode public trust in the medical profession and it is best to adhere to a rule of honesty in diagnosis. This physician is adhering to a _______ moral theory in their reasoning.
act-utilitarian
Kantian
natural law
rule-utilitarian
3. A competent patient is refusing a life-saving treatment for religious reasons. Their physician is distressed by this refusal, but reasons that respect for the rights and autonomy of the patient trumps all other considerations. To ignore the patient's decision to refuse treatment would be to treat the patient merely as a means and not as an end. This physician is adhering to a _______ moral theory in their reasoning.
act-utilitarian
rule-utilitarian
Kantian
natural law
4. A physician who refuses to pursue a treatment on the grounds that it would be pointless and inconsistent with reasonable standards of medical practice is appealing to
None of the above
natural law.
medical futility.
patient autonomy.
5. In response to a physician's refusal to administer treatment they deem pointless or ineffective, a patient's family argues that the physician has a moral duty to keep the body alive at all costs. The family is appealing to
patient autonomy.
Kantian principles.
beneficence.
the sanctity of human life.
6. An advance directive is a legal document that speaks for you if you are
incapacitated.
without family.
autonomous.
without legal counsel.