A Technologist Who Has Completed a Procedure on a Patient

question 1

Multiple Choice

A technologist who has completed a procedure on a patient leaves the area grumbling,"I hate to do HIV patients because I am afraid of catching the disease." A member of the housekeeping staff hears the technologist and asks who the HIV patient is so he can pass the information along to his coworkers for safety reasons.The technologist responds by giving the patient's name and room number.This act constitutes a(n)

• A) ethical dilemma.
• B) ethics violation.
• C) moral violation.
• D) social error.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.