BHS Medical Ethics and Law 4

Question 1

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requires that hospitals with emergency departments must:

Accepted Answer

Screen and stabilize all patients regardless of ability to pay

Answer

EMTALA mandates that Medicare-participating hospitals provide a medical screening exam and stabilizing treatment to anyone presenting to the ED regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Question 2

In distributive justice, the egalitarian approach to resource allocation prioritizes:

Accepted Answer

Distributing resources equally regardless of need or merit

Answer

Egalitarianism holds that all persons deserve equal shares of resources based on equal worth, without regard to social status, wealth, or contribution.

Question 3

A provider learns that a patient has tested positive for HIV but refuses to notify their sexual partner. The ethical tension is between:

Accepted Answer

Confidentiality and duty to protect third parties

Answer

This scenario creates conflict between the duty to maintain patient confidentiality and the duty to protect an identifiable third party from serious, preventable harm.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes 'futile treatment' in clinical ethics?

Accepted Answer

Treatment that cannot achieve the intended physiological effect or patient goals

Answer

Medical futility refers to interventions that are physiologically ineffective or cannot meet the patient's stated goals of care, justifying withdrawal or withholding.

Question 5

The 'four-box' clinical ethics consultation method evaluates cases through which four domains?

Accepted Answer

Medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, contextual features

Answer

Jonsen, Siegler, and Winslade's four-box method organizes ethical analysis around medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual/social features.

BHS - Bachelor of Health Science Practice Test

BHS - Bachelor of Health Science Practice Test

BHS Medical Ethics and Law 4