Knowledge check

Knowledge check: Ethical decision-making, confidentiality limits and risk

Linked to the module Ethical decision-making, confidentiality limits and risk. Study the module first, then test yourself.

1 What should usually come early in a structured ethical decision-making process?

Multiple choice Introductory

Acting immediately Gathering facts and identifying relevant principles, standards and laws Ignoring the client's wishes Avoiding consultation to protect confidentiality

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

2 When breaching confidentiality is necessary, the clinician should:

Multiple choice Intermediate

Share the entire file Disclose the minimum necessary, ideally after discussion with the client, and document Tell everyone involved Delete the records afterwards

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

3 A validated questionnaire score can determine on its own whether a person is safe from suicide.

True / false Intermediate

True False

Basis: Contemporary clinical consensus

4 Which is a core principle of research ethics?

Multiple choice Introductory

Participants may not withdraw once enrolled Informed, voluntary consent with the right to withdraw Only positive results should be published Ethics approval is optional

Basis: Textbook concept, original question

5 Under India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, a person who attempts suicide is:

Multiple choice Advanced

Automatically prosecuted Presumed to be under severe stress, with a duty on government to provide care Excluded from treatment Required to pay a fine

Basis: Indian context — verify (MHCA 2017, s.115)

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