_________________________________________________________________ Dental Ethics: A Brief Review
F inal E xam
DENTAL ETHICS: A BRIEF REVIEW
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1. The dentist is responsible for all services provided to the “patient of record,” which is a patient A) who has been billed for services. B) for whom a chart has been created. C) who has been referred for a second opinion. D) for whom a medical history, clinical examination, and treatment plan have been conducted.
6. Which of the following ethical principles are considered the most significant in dental decision making? A) Denial, anger, resistance, bargaining, and acceptance B) Negotiating, harboring, enlisting, issuing, and acceptance C) Autonomy, veracity, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice D) Dependence, benevolent, non-benevolent, right-to-know, and judicious
2. Dental hygienists generally may be delegated all of the following tasks, EXCEPT:
A) Removing accretions B) Exposing dental x-rays C) Prescribing medications D) Performing root planing
7. Autonomy focuses on the patient’s A) ability to self-pay for services. B) truthfulness and promise keeping. C) disclosure of relevant information. D) personal rights and self-determination.
3. How many states have adopted “death with dignity” acts? A) Two
8. Nonmaleficence means dental professionals must try to A) avoid doing harm. B) continue to practice even when impaired, because their patients need them. C) delegate patient care to unqualified auxiliary personnel so they can learn new procedures. D) find ways to justify relationships with patients that they have treated in the past and those they are currently treating. 9. Dental malpractice is generally A) any written consumer complaint. B) not a significant cause of health insurance premium increases. C) determined through regular reviews of each licensed professional. D) significant injury, loss, or death occurring as a result of a dental provider’s improper treatment and/or diagnosis. 10. Examples of dental malpractice cases defrauding Medicare/Medicaid have included A) falsifying documents or charts. B) billing Medicare/Medicaid for unnecessary medications. C) billing Medicare/Medicaid for unnecessary and/or improper procedures. D) All of the above
B) Four and the District of Columbia C) Five and the District of Columbia D) Ten and the District of Columbia
4. Deontologic ethics is based on A) the principle that all people are not of equal value. B) the principle that people should always be treated as a means to an end. C) the idea that lying is ethical if it is seen to be in the person’s best interest. D) a system of ethical decision making that stands on moral rules and unwavering principles.
5. Consequences or outcomes are the driving force of which ethical theoretical system?
A) Motivist B) Teleologic
C) Natural Law D) Transcultural
Course Code: DNJ02DE
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