Answer to Question 1
A, C
Beneficence means doing good for clients and providing benefit balanced against risk. The hospital accountant had no need to know; therefore, there was no benefit for the patient for him to be told. Confidentiality prohibits disclosures of information gained in certain relationships to third parties without the consent of the original source of the information. Without the patient giving express consent, the hospital accountant has no need for this information, and it is a breach of confidentiality.
Answer to Question 2
B
An autocratic style is appropriate when rapid decision making is required, such as in a crisis sit-uation.
Tattoos and Body Piercings: This patient developed cellulitis from tattoo ink
Photograph of an occupational therapist assisting a patient with learning independence in activities
Stained section of cerebral cortex from autopsy of a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A physical therapist exercising the patient’s leg in a physical therapy department.
(a) Chicken pox vesicles. (b) Chicken pox on back of young patient.
After multiple injections of a local anesthetic, the patient developed herpetic lesions.