Chapter 4 Self-Practice 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.

to medical treatment.

of refusal.

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.

LGBTQ+ 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

. Survey data 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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