Alan Meisel and Mark Kuczewski | Legal and Ethical Myths

question 43

Multiple Choice

Alan Meisel and Mark Kuczewski | Legal and Ethical Myths About Informed Consent
Meisel and Kuczewski review eight myths that impede the practice of obtaining informed consent, due primarily to an understanding of the concept from a legal, rights-oriented point of view. When a shared process approach is used instead, in which patients and physicians each have access to interrelated facts and values, informed consent can accommodate both patient autonomy and physician responsibility.
-The purpose of ___________ is to allow physicians to do what is good for patients while not inflicting harm on them.

• A) therapeutic privilege
• B) therapeutic practice
• C) informed consent
• D) paternalism

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Definitions:

Treasury Bills

Short-term debt obligations issued by the government to finance its operations, with maturities ranging from a few days to one year.

Mutual Mistake

A legal concept where both parties involved in an agreement have a misunderstanding regarding a critical fact of the agreement.

Reasonable Person Test

In a negligence action, the judicial standard of socially acceptable behavior; the standard used to determine the existence of apparent authority of an agent.

Meeting of the Minds

An agreement between parties on the terms of a contract, demonstrating mutual consent and understanding.