QUESTION 1 Under 1984 child abuse amendments to the Baby Doe rules Parents can r

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QUESTION 1

Under 1984 child abuse amendments to the Baby Doe rules

Parents can refuse/deny treatment for ill babies under 3 days old

Parents can refuse/deny treatment for ill babies under 3 months old

Parents can refuse/deny treatment for ill babies with a doctor's consent

Parents can refuse/deny treatment for chronically and irreversibly comatose babies

4 points   

QUESTION 2

Transplantation of an organ or tissue from one species to another

Autograph

Allograph

Zoograph

Xenograph

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QUESTION 3

Federal Baby Doe Rules initiated in President Reagan's administration

Applied Roe vs. Wade to babies for the first time

Applied the Americans with Disabilities Act to fetuses for the first time

Applied the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to impaired babies for the first time

Applied the policy of State control over child welfare for the first time

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QUESTION 4

If there is a choice between two medically reasonable options for treating an ill infant in New York State, who has the ultimate authority to decide the treatment option?

The federal government

The state government

The infant's doctor

The infant's parents

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QUESTION 5

What percent of the American population has employment based health insurance coverage?

Approximately 30%

Approximately 40%

Approximately 50%

Approximately 60%

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QUESTION 6

The main ethical question surrounding the first heart transplant in 1967 concerns

Dr. Barnard's selection of the patient

Dr. Barnard's selection of the heart donor

Dr. Barnard's qualifications to perform the surgery

Dr. Barnard's primary motivation for conducting the surgery

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QUESTION 7

The first xenograph infant heart transplant involved what donor species?

Pig

Chimpanzee

Baboon

Dog

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QUESTION 8

Dr. Dubernard's facial transplant is considered

A medical success despite his questionable motivations

A medical failure despite his honorable intentions

A medical success and the result of unquestionable motivations

A medical failure and the result of questionable motivations

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QUESTION 9

Within two years of Dr. Barnard's heart transplant surgery:

Public response was so positive that transplant surgery rates increased dramatically

Public response was positive but the federal government imposed a ban for over a decade

Public response was so negative and critical that almost all transplants stopped for over a decade

Public response was negative but the federal government imposed a ban for over a decade

4 points   

QUESTION 10

The first successful face transplant was performed in

United States

Russia

France

China

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QUESTION 11

The first artificial heart surgery was performed by

Christian Bernard

William DeVries

Jean-Michel Dubernard

Barney Clark

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QUESTION 12

The journalist pushed in front of a subway train by a homeless schizophrenic was

Eddie Anguiano

Kendra Webdale

Connie Culp

Carla Nash

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QUESTION 13

U.S. emergency rooms can opt to refuse treatment for life-threatening conditions if a patient is medically stable.

True

False

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QUESTION 14

President Obama's Health Care Plan, passed in 2010, allows insurance companies to deny coverage for a child with pre-existing conditions if the parents had advance notice of the condition through fetal genetic testing.

True

False

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QUESTION 15

There is no legitimate teleological argument against anencephalic infant heart transplant surgery.

True

False

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QUESTION 16

President Obama's Health Care Plan, passed in 2010, allows children up to the age of 29 to stay on their parents' employer-based insurance as long as the child is enrolled full-time in college.

True

False

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QUESTION 17

Medicare is a State funded benefits program with federal matching funds.

True

False

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QUESTION 18

Baby Fae was the first allograph heart transplant patient.

True

False

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QUESTION 19

According to Florida law, an anencephalic infant can not be declared brain dead.

True

False

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QUESTION 20

The burden of proof for commitment of a mentally ill person is "clear and convincing evidence."

True

False

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QUESTION 21

Creating a "designer" baby is currently illegal in the U.S.

True

False

A.

Parents can refuse/deny treatment for ill babies under 3 days old

B.

Parents can refuse/deny treatment for ill babies under 3 months old

C.

Parents can refuse/deny treatment for ill babies with a doctor's consent

D.

Parents can refuse/deny treatment for chronically and irreversibly comatose babies

Explanation / Answer

1. The correct answer is Option D. Under 1984 child abuse amendments to the Baby Doe rules, parents refuse/deny treatment for chronically and irreversibly comatose babies.

2. The correct answer is Option B. Transplantation of an organ or tissue from one species to another is called Allograph.

3. The correct answer is Option C. Federal Baby Doe Rules initiated in President Reagan's administration applied the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to impaired babies for the first time.

4. The correct answer is Option D. If there is a choice between two medically reasonable options for treating an ill infant in New York State, the parents have the ultimate authority to decide the treatment option.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of a question.

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