What can a living will tell your physician or health care provider?
A. What types of treatment you want if you become terminally ill.
B. What types of treatment you do not want if you become terminally ill.
C. To name a person as a proxy to make these health care decisions for you.
D. All of the above.
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For what situations are living wills created?
A. In the emergency room.
B. In the operating room.
C. In the ICU.
D. When the patient is perhaps out of intensive care and being kept alive with machinery.
While the trend in health care over the past twenty years has been toward patient empowerment, physicians are still ultimately responsible for the health care decisions made in a patient’s treatment. What does “empowerment” mean?
A. Taking power from.
B. Giving power to.
C. Sharing power with.
D. Splitting power between.
The author recalls the history of physician / patient relationships and explained three models. Which of the following is not mentioned?
A. Engineering model.
B. Theocratic model.
C. Integrated model.
D. Cooperative model.
In the physician / patient relationships, if doctors know a lot, patients know a lot too. Which model does it refer to?
A. Engineering model.
B. Theocratic model.
Cooperative model.
D. None of the above.