QUESTION 1 1. Lying to patients violates the biomedical principle of respect for

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QUESTION 1 1. Lying to patients violates the biomedical principle of respect for autonomy. O True O False QUESTION 2 2. In the President's Commission Report, "The Values Underlying Informed Consent," it is claimed that competence should be judged based on the decision and not on the individual and that individuals should initially be assumed to be competent until proven otherwise. O True False QUESTION 3 3. One of the exceptions to the informed consent requirement states that if a physician is concerned that the patient will decide against a recommended procedure on the basis of information given during the informed consent process that the physician may withhold that information. True False

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1. True.

Respect for autonomy based on the patient's wishes and ideas, information and understanding. Lying to the patient about the condition violates their respect for autonomy.

2. True

The competence should be judged based on the decision that individual should initially be assessed to be competent until proven.

3. False

Any information provided in the informed consent is not supposed to change by any member of the healthcare team. If a patient refused to give consent for a procedure based on the information in the informed consent form, the physician have to try for other mode of treatment.

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