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c. Real estate property
10. Jose was stabbed and brought to Dr. Juan for d. Medical library, equipment and instruments
management. Dr. Juan refused to treat Jose since he
was a physiatrist. Which one of the following is Ans: D
applicable?
a. Dr. iuan can invoke his right to choose his 15. Jose gave consent to surgically remove one of his
patients kidneys which he intends to sell to a patient in Japan
b. Dr. Juan must manage the stabbing victim with chronic renal disease. Which one of the
c, lt is illegal to refuse rendering medical following requisites was violated as to make the
service consent invalid?
d. Dr. Juan is liable for damages a. lnformed and enlightened
b. Obtainedvoluntarily
Ans: B c. Subject matter must be legal
d. Enlightened
11. ln a malpractice case, Dr. Santos was ordered by the
court to produce at trial the patient's charts, Ans: c
laboratory and x-ray results and other documents
under his possession and control. The process served 16. Dr. Tan refuses to attend on several occasions a
on him to dothis is called: court hearing citing as reason that he has a lot of
a. Ordinary Subpeona OPD patients to see. He may cited for:
b. Subpoena duces tecum a. Direct contempt of court
c. Subpoena ad testificandum b. lndirect contempt of court
d. Court summons c. Disrespect for the court
d. Unduly prioritizing his clinic practice
Ans: B
Ans: B
12. You evaluated a 55 -year old man with 3 month
history of chest pains and fainting spells that you L7, A resident physician followed the order of a
feel merit cardiac catheterization. After informing consultant that a face value was grossly wrong and
him fully of the benefits, consequences, risks, etc.. resulted in injury to the patient. Which is correct?
he was able to demonstrate that he understands all a. The resident clerk is not liable since he is
of these, he refuses the intervention. What should merely a trainee under the supervision of
you do? the consultant.
a. Respect his choice b. Both the consultant and the resident are
b. E5plore reasons for his decision and try to liable for poor patient care
convince him again. c. The consultant is not liable since the
c. Consider the discussion ended discretion lies with resident to either follow
d. Continue with the procedure nevertheless or not to follow his advice
d. The resident is liable since he is the one
Ans: A who exercised the clinical judgment that
injured the patient
13. A 60- year old patient has complaints of abdominal Ans:
that is persistent but not extreme. Workup shows
hepatoma. He just retired from a busy professional 18. A Z4-year old woman who has previously received
career and he and his wife are about to leave for a no prenatal care presents a term. On ultrasound she
round the world cruise. What should you do? has a placenta previa, but she refuses to cesarean
a. Exercise the therapeutic privilege and section for any reason. What should the physician
inform him later when he returns do?
b. lnform him of his condition now a. Operate since this is an emergency
c. lnform him when his condition worsens b. Respect the patient's wishes
d. lnform his wife first c. Refer the matter to the ethics committee as
this involves the life of the mother and the
Ans: B fetus
d. The physician should get a court order to
14. One of the following is not subject to legal execution force a cesarean section
if a physician loses a civil suit for malpractice.
a. Golf shares Ans:
b. Stocks and money in bank
19. Jose's inability to pay Dr. Kildare his fees for services d. Theanesthesiologist
rendered may result in:
a. Automatic termination of the patient-MD Ans: C
relationship
b. Action for collection filed by the physician 24. The receptionist in the hospital lobby receives a fee
against the patient from Dr. Ola for referring cases to the latter. This
c. Lessened physician liability for negligence fee, which is unethical, is called:
d. Abandonment a. Contingent fee
b. Dichotomous fee
Ans: B c. Retainer fee
d. Referral fee
20. ln a case of botched up surgery, Dr. Pedora, the
chairman of surgery at Marconi Medical Center was Ans. B
called in to testify on the procedure. He is giving
testimony as: 25. Dr. Ola refused to render service in an emergency
case in an NPA controlled territory. Which is correct?
A. Ordinary witness a. His license will be revoked
B. Expert witness b. He will be civilly liable for the injuries
C. Hostile witness sustained by the patient by the patient for
D. Defense witness his failure to treat.
c. He can refuse service if there is risk on his
Ans: B life.
d. He violated his professional oath.
21. An administrative complaint was filed with the PRC
against a physician who was eventually found guilty. Ans: c
This may result in:
a. Reprimand, suspension or revocation of 26. Operating room nurses are employees of the
license to practice hospital and any wrongful act committed by them,
b. lmprisonment for criminal negligence the hospital must be held liable. However, where a
c. Civil damages paid to the patient to private surgeon enters the operating room to
compensate for injuries sustained operate on his private patient, any wrongful act
d. Need to be re-certified committed by the nurses in this course of such
operation, the private surgeon not the hospital must
Ans: A be held liable. This is based on the doctrine of:
a. Borrowed servant
22. Dr. P. Abling's wife filed an administrative complaint b. Vicarious liability
before the PRC against her husband who was living c. Res ipsa loquitor
with a mistress for having abandoned her and her d. Foreseeability
three children. The doctor's acts are grounds for
revoking his registration certificate and classified as: Ans: A
a. Personal disqualification
b. Unprofessional conduct 27. As a result of the deformity he sustained from a
c. Unethical conduct facelift operation, Mary Juana su6d Dr. Hanny Bal for
d. Criminal act mental anguish, social humiliation and moral shock.
The type of damages she can recover as a result of
Ans: A these is;
a. Actual damages
23. A gynecologist performed a total abdominal b. Compensatory damages
hysterectomy on a patient with myoma uteri. Before c. Exemplary damages
closing the abdomen, he discovered that the patient d. Moral damages
had cancer of the cecum so he referred the patient
to a general surgeon to perform the resection. Three Ans: D
days post-op, the patient had to be reopened and a
piece of gauze was found. Who may be held liable 28. A patient suffering from a painful incurable disease
underthe Captain ofthe ship Doctrine? asked his physician to give him lethal dose of poison.
a. The operating room nurse OUT OF PITY, the physician gave the poison which
b. The second surgeon the patients swallowed and a result died. The
c. The gynecologist physician is guilty of:
a. Murder
b. Homicide 34. lf an emergency case is brought to the hospital but
c. Giving assistance to suicide was denied attendance, the following may be held
d. Dishonorableconduct liable
a. Physician only
Ans: A b. Physician and nurse
c. Physician and hospital director
29. lf Filipino physicians are allowed to practice in d. Physician, nurse and hospital director
Nigeria, Nigerian doctors may also practice in the
Philippines by virtue of the principle of: Ans: D
a. Exchange program
b. Diplomacy 35. There is negligence in the following circumstance
c. lnternational right a. Not Biving antibiotics in cataract extraction
d. Reciprocity b. Not giving anti-rabies vaccine to a patient
bitten by a dog
Ans: D c. Not giving tetanus toxoid to a patient who
stepped on a nail
d. Not doing a skin test before administering
30. lf a physician considers a procedure extremely lV oxytocin
necessary but the patient refuses, he may:
a. Seek another doctor's opinion Ans: c
b. Politely withdraw as attending physician
c. Ask other members of the family to give 35. The hospital is almost full and the only vacant beds
consent are in the ward. An infectious case was admitted in
d. Abandon the patient the ward resulting to contamination of other
patients. The physician who admitted the patient is
Ans: B liable under this doctrine
a. Last clear chance
b. Foreseeability
37. By refusing to allow medical students to see her in c. Continuingnegligence
her room, a patient is practicing her right to; d. Contributorynegligence
a. Confidentiality
b. Refuse treatment Ans: B
c. Privacy
d. D.isclosure 37. One of the following is a corporate liability of a
hospital
Ans: C a. the resident physician failed to do a skin
test before giving an lV antibiotic
32. Administrative cases against physicians are filed at b. the mother of a pediatric patient slipped on
the: the floor of the hallway resulting to injury
a. Specialty Societies c. the laboratory technician made a mistake in
b. Philippine Medical Association cross-matching blood
c. Professional Regulation Commission d. a medical intern injected a drug
d. CivilService Commission intravenously when it should have been
intramuscular
Ans: C
Ans: B
33. Criminal cases against physicians are characterized
by 38. Doing cesarean section when normal delivery is
a. Case is filed with the professional possible is an example of
regulation commission a. Qualitative over-treatment
b. Penalty imposed is imprisoninent and/or b. Quantitative over treatment
fine c. Negative defensive medicine
c. As a general rule, there is no appeal for the d. Liabilityprophylaxis
accused
d. There is no need for expert witness Ans: A
Ans: B
CASE: Mr. A. brought his 3 year old son to a hospital. Dr. 44. Patient leaves the hospital against advice:
B, the admitting physician admitted the pediatric case to the a. Continuingnegligence
medicine ward because the pediatric ward is full. During the b. Res ipsa loquitor
night, the patient child was seen in the floor with a c. Vffiitp
fractured skull resulting from a fall. I was found out that d. Contributory negligence
the bed was without railings. Mr. A. wanted to sue Dr. B and
the hospital. Ans: D
39. The doctrine applicable in this case would be: 45. A terminally ill patient is given an overdose of
a. Res ipsa loquitor sedatives without his knowledge. What crime if any
b. Osiensible agent is committed by the doctor?
c. Forseeability a. Murder
d. Common knowledge b. No crime because ethically allowed
c. Homicide
Ans: C d. Assisted suicide
Ans: B Ans: C
Ans: B Ans: D
65. Disorientation, mental confusion, dizziness, sensory 71. Accidental death of a young child by suffocation
disturbances exaggerated emotional state suggests either from the pressure of the beddings and pillows
that the blood alcohol level is: or from the pressure ofthe unconscious or drunk
a. 150-300 mg% mother is called:
b. 400 mg% a. Battering
c. l@ m{/o b. Overlaying
d. 20 mgo/o c. Burking
d. Mugging
Ans: C
Ans: B
Ans: B
Ans: B