D053 Module 8 Quiz

IDEA Ethical Decision-Making Framework consists of what 4 steps?

Why are ethical dilemmas so difficult to address?

Which landmark case brought the issue of the need for state death with dignity laws into public awareness?

A 17-year-old teen who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2014 and given an 85% estimated chance by her care team that she would survive if she underwent chemotherapy treatment, but she refused because she and her mother wanted to try alternative natural ways to treat her cancer. Her case went to the Supreme Court, which ordered her to receive the chemotherapy.

This landmark case became a controversial topic of debate about euthanasia and the right of terminally ill people to choose to end their own lives.

Bioethicists base their judgment or resolution of cases on the four ethical principles: respect for autonomy (self-determination), nonmaleficence (do no harm), beneficence (do good), and justice (fairness).

Bioethicists work on a case-by-case basis, exploring each case’s facts, complexity, relevant laws, and unusual circumstances before making a decision.

Into which area of cognition does the “bandwagon” cognitive bias fit?

Which quadrant of the four-quadrant model of ethics and law focuses on decisions made by the HSC with their patient and care team are both ethical and legal and benefit the patient?

Health professionals “fall into this quadrant when they deliberately commit acts that are criminal, morally corrupt, and socially unacceptable.

This quadrant is a gray area that leaves room for unethical behavior as long as it is legal.

This quadrant focuses on ethical and illegal behavior in the healthcare system?