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Professional Ethics - ✔✔Standards or Rules of Conduct by which a
particular group regulates its actions and sets standards for its members.
Standards of Professional Conduct - ✔✔behaviors that are defined by the
members in the profession
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) - ✔✔Encourages
the study of Radiologic Technology, created the Code of Ethics, certifies
candidates and publishes registrants
Consequentialism - ✔✔Avoiding potential harm and producing a good
effect on the patient (white lie)
Nonconsequentialism - ✔✔Doing the right thing and avoiding any wrong-
doings, such as telling the patient the truth because lying is morally wrong
What are the principles listed in Principle-Based Ethics? - ✔✔1.
beneficience - doing good
2. nonmaleficence - doing no harm
3. justice - fairness
,4. autonomy - respecting the individuality of the patient
5. veracity - telling the truth
6. fidelity - being loyal
What are the steps in Ethic Evaluation? - ✔✔1. Idenitify the problem
2. Develop alternative solutions
3. Select the best option
4. Defend your solution
If a citizen were to get a speeding ticket, which form of law does this best
represent? - ✔✔1. Common Law of England
2. Case Law
3. Constitution
4. Legislative Law
Defamation in the form of published written words is best described as? -
✔✔1. Slander
2. Libel
3. Tort
4. Both 1 & 2
What is the most common claim made against health care providers? -
✔✔A. Assault
, B. Tort
C. Battery
D. Negligence
In the case of negligence, whom must prove the injury to the patient? -
✔✔A. the physician
B. the patient
C. the technologist
D. the jury
Tort - ✔✔Claim that a patient has been wronged or sustained an injury
while in the care of a health care worker, other than a breach of contract
and to receive compensation for damages.
If the technologist placed a pediatric patient in a Pigg-O-Stat without any
consent from the parent, what legal claim could be made? - ✔✔A. Battery
B. False Imprisonment
C. Assault
D. Libel
In the case of negligence, what must be proved? - ✔✔A. Duty to patient,
standard of care
B. Breach of duty