Ethics & Professional Standards in Chronic Care Flashcards
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A patient with poorly controlled diabetes refuses to follow the dietary plan recommended by the care team. What is the most ethically appropriate response?
Answer: Document the refusal and continue to support the patient's autonomy while offering alternatives
Respecting patient autonomy means supporting informed refusal while continuing to offer care and alternatives.
Which principle underlies the obligation of a chronic care professional to report a colleague who is impaired while providing patient care?
Answer: Non-maleficence
Non-maleficence (do no harm) obligates professionals to act when a colleague's impairment puts patients at risk.
A care manager discovers that a patient's advance directive conflicts with the family's wishes. What should the care manager do first?
Answer: Follow the advance directive as it reflects the patient's autonomous choice
A legally executed advance directive represents the patient's autonomous decision and takes precedence over family preferences.
When a chronic care professional suspects elder abuse in a homebound patient, which action reflects the standard of mandatory reporting?
Answer: Report concerns to the appropriate state Adult Protective Services agency
Most US states mandate that healthcare professionals report suspected elder abuse to Adult Protective Services regardless of certainty.
A pharmaceutical company offers a chronic care manager gift cards in exchange for recommending their medication management app to patients. This situation represents a:
Answer: Conflict of interest that violates professional ethics
Accepting gifts from vendors in exchange for patient referrals or recommendations constitutes a conflict of interest and violates professional ethics standards.
The ethical concept of 'therapeutic privilege' — withholding information from a patient because it might cause harm — is generally regarded in modern chronic care ethics as:
Answer: Increasingly rejected in favor of full disclosure and patient autonomy
Modern bioethics strongly favors patient autonomy and full disclosure; therapeutic privilege is largely rejected except in narrow, carefully defined circumstances.
A chronic care professional learns that a patient's insurance company is requesting detailed psychosocial records beyond what is medically necessary. The most appropriate response is to:
Answer: Release only the minimum necessary information required for the specific purpose
HIPAA's minimum necessary standard requires sharing only the information needed for the specific requested purpose.