Healthcare Ethics Quiz

Quiz 1 Summer Term PHC216

• Consent on behalf of incapacitated adults: Families and those close to the adult are allowed to consent if they have been appointed as family members, managers, or the patient's proxy decision maker.
• Adult patient with capacity refusing treatment: Adult patients with capacity have the right to refuse any medical treatment, with the exception of compulsory treatment authorized under specific legislations (e.g., cardiac, general, mental, or physical health).
• Ethical purpose of consent: Consent is the ability for patients to have their views respected, and some interventions can be harmful
• Consent for non-therapeutic circumcision: Consent must be given by the parents of the child in the best interest of the child.

d-Nurse

• Disclosure in public interest: Chronic disease prevention, emergency cases, and infectious diseases are examples.
• Breach of confidentiality: A physician sharing confidential information about a patient with a family member or friend.
• Competency in young people: Young person's competency can fluctuate because of their decisions, their history, or their medical condition.
• Ethical purpose of consent: Consent is essential because it is a trigger for treatment. It helps to ensure patients' views are respected, and that some interventions could be considered harmful.

d-Nurse

• Confidential information examples: Anonymised information, disclosure, and identifiable information are examples of information that may be disclosed.
• Compulsory treatment: Under certain circumstances (like mental disorders, forensic purposes, or public health investigations), compulsory treatment may be permitted.
• Implied consent: When a patient receives treatment without expressly consenting.
• Circumstances of giving treatment without consent: A doctor may give treatment to save a patient's life in an emergency without obtaining consent

d-Nurse

• Consent for non-therapeutic circumcision: Consent must be given by the parents of the child in the best interest of the child.
• Identifiable information: Information such as name, address, full postcode, identification numbers, or any other detail that may identify the patient
• Emergency situation when consent cannot be obtained: Immediate life-saving treatment is permitted.
• Fluctuation of young people's competency: Factors like their decisions, history, medical condition, and needs can affect competency.

d-Nurse

• Incapacitated adult consent: Family members, managers, or patients' proxy decision makers may consent on behalf of an incapacitated adult.
• Hospital discharge of children: Children must not be discharged without a full examination if there are concerns about their wellbeing, or if the diagnosis is complex.
• Provision of access to patient information: Disclosure of information about a patient regardless of the purpose.
• Patient agreement on using information: Express consent, either orally or in writing.

d-Nurse

• Research ethics & patient data: Anonymized, identifiable, and personal information.
• Ethical purpose of consent: To respect patients' views and the harm that may arise during treatment.
• Decision-making in unclear cases: Courts, hospitals, parents, and other parties involved.
• Treatment in emergencies without consent: A physician can provide medical treatment to save a patient's life in an emergency without getting consent

d-Nurse

• Consent for non-therapeutic circumcision: Consent for non-therapeutic circumcision must be given by the parents of the child in the best interest of the child
• Identifiable patient information: Details that may identify a patient (e.g., name, address, ID number).
• Consent in emergency situations: Immediate life-saving measures may be administered without consent.
• Circumstances when patient competency fluctuates: Their decisions, history, medical condition, and needs.

d-Nurse

• Patient consent in various circumstances: For incapacitated adults, the consent process is different.
• Provision of access to information: The law gives the access to patient information.
• Ethics of patient consent: Respecting patients' views is essential, and some interventions could be considered harmful.
• Non-emergency medical treatment refusal: When an adult decides not to receive treatment, the decision must be respected