Dr Ayau Is a New Doctor Who Has Just Set

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Multiple Choice

Dr. Ayau is a new doctor who has just set up a practice in San Diego. She places ads in the papers to tell people that she will see patients and she will be in her office on Sundays. The California Medical Assn. (CMA) moves to strip Dr. Ayau of her license to practice medicine because such ads are unethical. The Supreme Court is likely to say that the CMA:

• A) has the right, under state law, to regulate the practice of medicine and to set ethical standards for all physicians
• B) has the right, under the necessary and proper clause, to regulate advertising medicine
• C) has the right, under the commerce clause, to so regulate the advertising of medicine
• D) cannot regulate medicine because it conflicts with the right of Congress to do so
• E) none of the other choices

Grasp the influence of genetics and environment on personality traits.

Identify how personality can change over time and the factors that contribute to these changes.

Distinguish between personality traits and disorders.

Understand the empirical derivation process of tests and its application in assessing personality.

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Definitions:

Values Clarification

A process by which individuals define their own values.

Nursing Intervention

Actions undertaken by a nurse to improve or maintain a patient's health condition.

Nonmaleficence

A fundamental ethical principle in healthcare that obligates professionals to not cause harm to patients.

Beneficence

The moral obligation to do good or to implement actions that benefit clients and their support persons.