Chapter 04 Self Quiz

. Advocates of full disclosure insist that informed patients are

Confused

Likely to become depressed

Not interested in the truth

Better patients

. The notion of patients imparting information to health professionals who promise, implicitly or explicitly, not to disclose that information to others is known as

Truth-telling

Confidentiality

Security

Compliance

. The authority of persons to control who may possess and use information about themselves is considered

A right to privacy

A right to medical treatment

A right of refusal

A right of competence

. The case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California concerned a conflict between

A duty of beneficence and a right of refusal

A duty of confidentiality and a duty to warn

The rights of physicians and the rights of patients

Academic freedom and a duty to warn

. The case of Carlos R. was mostly about

The rights of people who are HIV positive

Gay rights

Medical confidentiality versus a duty to warn

The duty of physicians to report a crime

. The Hippocratic Oath insists on a strong duty of truth-telling.

True

False

. Data from surveys suggest that most patients prefer to be told the truth about their diagnosis.

True

False

. The main argument in favor of truth-telling rests on the physician's duty of beneficence.

True

False

. Complete confidentiality in modern health care is entirely feasible.

True

False

. Most cancer patients want to know the details of their disease, whether the news is good or bad.

True

False

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