PHI15 Top Hat Questions

What is triage in medicine?

sorting patients into categories in order to allocate resources when they are scarce

What do Savulescu et al. say should matter to the first round of triage?

Higher survivability odds of a patient with efficient use of scarce resources

Impairment, disability, handicap

Match the term to its best example:

A. Inability to see clearly

B. Detached retina in the eye

C. Unable to read the menu at a restaurant that has no Braille or audio option

Impairment =

Disability =

Handicap

B, A, C

Which best describes the libertarian position:

Individual liberty is most valuable and the state should be highly restricted in how much it can interfere in liberty

What does the Millian Harm Principle say?

The state is justified in interfering with liberty to prevent one from harming others. And only in this case.

Which of the following principles are relevant to the debate about whether vaccine mandates are justified?

a. Respect for autonomy

b. beneficence

c. nonmaleficence

d. justice

e. all of the above

e. all of the above

What kind of document is the Belmont Report?

U.S. code of ethics for medical researchers

What is the primary purpose of human subjects research?

To generate scientifically valid, generalizable knowledge

What does IRB stand for?

Institutional Review Board

What kind of code is the Declaration of Helsinki?

An international code of ethics to govern medicine and research

What does "double blind" mean in a randomized control trial?

Neither the subjects nor researchers know which arm of the trial the subjects are in

When are placebo control trials ethically uncontroversial?

When there are no known alternatives or in when the condition being tested is not too serious