Quiz #1 Chp 2-3

Ethical decision making is a behavior and can be done well or done poorly. It is inherent and is not taught or learned.

The first statement is true, the second is false

Immanuel Kant is associated with which of the following theories of ethical thinking?

Nonconsequentialism

The application of patient autonomy is based upon which of the following theories of ethical thinking?

Nonconsequentialism

Moral education programs seem to be most effective among which of the following members of society?

Adults

Dental hygienists are required to maintain their level of knowledge and skill through participation in which of the following?

Appropriate continuing education programs

Which of the following principles is self-determination and the ability to be self-governing and self-directing?

Autonomy

John Stuart Mill was a proponent of utilitarianism, which states that an action should be judged to be moral on its capacity to provide the greatest good for the largest number of people.

Both statements are true

Nonmaleficence is concerned with doing no harm to a patient. Beneficence requires that existing harm be removed.

Both statements are true

People operate on their experiences to make sense of them. The experiences, as we make sense of them, change the basic conceptual structures by which people construct meanings.

Both statements are true

Paternalism was more prevalent in health care in the past because the health care provider had superior knowledge and skills and because the patient expected the health care provider to make decisions in the best interest of the patient.

Both statements are true.

Moral development is thought to be a process, because moral development has been shown to typically occur in progressive steps or stages.

Both the statement and reason are correct and related.

Which of the following principles is concerned with providing individuals or groups with what is owed, due, or deserved?

Justice

Which of the following theorists of cognitive moral development created the concept of the ethic of care?

Carol Gilligan

Adding fluoride to a community water system is a good example of the application of which of the following types of ethical reasoning?

Consequentialism or utilitarian ethics

Which of the following terms is used to describe the allocation of resources in large social systems?

Distributive justice

The principle that the first obligation of a health care provider is to do no harm is known as which of the following?

Nonmaleficence

Which of the following is the most basic stage of Kohlberg's three-level model of moral development?

Punishment and obedience orientation

Which of the following is the focus of virtue ethics?

To reflect on what kind of person we ought to be

Each of the following is one of the main normative principles in health care EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

Veracity

An ethical dilemma occurs when one or more ethical principles

are in conflict