OCC Professionalism & Medical Ethics 4

Question 1

A 15-year-old requests confidential treatment for a sexually transmitted infection. In most US states, the physician may:

Accepted Answer

Treat the minor confidentially, as state law allows minor consent for STI care

Answer

All US states allow minors to consent to STI diagnosis and treatment without parental consent.

Question 2

Under EMTALA, a hospital emergency department must:

Accepted Answer

Provide a medical screening exam and stabilize emergency conditions regardless of ability to pay

Answer

EMTALA requires screening and stabilization of emergency medical conditions regardless of insurance or payment ability.

Question 3

A terminally ill patient with capacity asks to stop artificial nutrition. Ethically and legally, withdrawing it is:

Accepted Answer

Permissible, as withdrawing treatment is ethically equivalent to withholding it

Answer

Competent patients may refuse any treatment, including artificial nutrition, and withdrawing equals withholding ethically.

Question 4

Which principle allows giving high-dose opioids for pain relief at end of life even if respiratory depression is foreseen but not intended?

Accepted Answer

Principle of double effect

Answer

Double effect permits an action with a good intended effect even if a foreseen bad effect occurs, provided it is not the means.

Question 5

A physician withholds a diagnosis because they believe disclosure would cause severe, immediate harm to the patient. This rarely justified exception is called:

Accepted Answer

Therapeutic privilege

Answer

Therapeutic privilege is a narrow exception allowing withholding of information only when disclosure would cause serious harm.

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OCC Professionalism & Medical Ethics 4