Medical Ethics — MCQs
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A 9-year-old girl is resuscitated after the administration of an erroneous dose of intravenous phenytoin for recurrent seizures. This incident is reported to the authorities. A thorough investigation reveals various causative factors leading to the event. One important finding is a verbal misunderstanding of the dose of phenytoin between the ordering senior resident and the receiving first-year resident during the handover of the patient. To minimize the risk of this particular error in the future, the most appropriate management is to implement which of the following?
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Ethical principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice)
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Ethical frameworks for decision-making
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Ethics committees and consultations
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Conflicts of interest
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Truth-telling and disclosure
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Confidentiality boundaries
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Resource allocation ethics
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Research ethics and IRBs
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Reproductive ethics
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Genetic testing ethics
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Professional boundaries
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Medical error disclosure
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Ethics of emerging technologies
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