Rad 101 Ethics & Law questions with
100% correct answers
patient - correct answer ✔✔a radiographer's first duty is to the
burnout - correct answer ✔✔a response to the chronic strain of dealing with the constant demands and
problems of people under health care workers' care; exhaustion, dissatisfaction, anxiety, apathy
morals - correct answer ✔✔principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and
bad behavior
personal morality - correct answer ✔✔based on the lessons of right and wrong we've been taught
growing up
social morality - correct answer ✔✔beliefs that we share with our community about values and duties
that influence the laws, customs, and moral components of our culture
group morality - correct answer ✔✔moral principles that apply specifically to a certain group of people
ethics - correct answer ✔✔branch of philosophy that can be defined as a systematic reflection of
morality; behaviors within the acceptable principles of right and wrong
code of ethics - correct answer ✔✔a document that states the essential principles of ethical behavior for
a group that signifies high principles of professional behavior and a willingness by the profession to
control its own conduct
standards of practice - correct answer ✔✔provide guidance with respect to duties and responsibilities in
written job descriptions; do not preform tasks without sufficient knowledge or undertake responsibility
without being adequately qualified
, legal privilege - correct answer ✔✔professional cannot divulge information between patients and their
physicians or communications to lawyers even when it is of material view in a court of law; info can not
be revealed to patient, patient's family, others outside dept.
patients information - correct answer ✔✔patients have the right to copies of their own billing records,
medical records, radiographic images; when these records are requested, they should be provided
according to the established policies of the institution
patient viewing chart - correct answer ✔✔refer patient to physician so patient does not misinterpret the
info and the physician can address concerns and answer questions; do not hand chart over to patient,
deceive patient into thinking chart is unavailable, make patient believe he has no right to view it
property of radiographs - correct answer ✔✔belong to health care institution and are part of every
patient's medical record; they are not the property of the radiologist or referring physician
ethical analysis - correct answer ✔✔1.) identify the problem
2.) develop alternate solutions
3.) select the best solution
4.) defend the selection
moral agent - correct answer ✔✔person responsible for implementing the ethical decision
situational ethics - correct answer ✔✔right actions for a patient in any given situation may be wrong for
other patients or other circumstances
virtue based ethics - correct answer ✔✔places a value on virtues
right based ethics - correct answer ✔✔the rights of individuals in a democratic society to be shielded
from undue restriction or harm; clarify our duties and define accountability
principle based ethics - correct answer ✔✔widely accepted standard for selecting and defending
solutions to ethical dilemmas in health care communities; "principlism"
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