EXERCISES, LESSON 3
INSTRUCTIONS: The following exercises are to be answered by marking the lettered
response(s) that best answer(s) the question or best completes the incomplete
statement or by writing the answer in the space provided.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers.
1. Every decision you make as a health care professional is affected by ethical and
____________ considerations that may have _____________ repercussions.
(Same word, both spaces.)
a. Legal.
b. Societal.
c. Political.
d. Arbitrary.
2. _____________________ resort to the courts to have legislation declared invalid,
to collect unpaid bills, and to enforce contracts.
a. Patients.
b. X-ray technologists.
c. Orderlies.
d. Hospitals.
3. A basic source of the law enacted by Congress and state or local legislatures is:
a. Administrative decisions and rules.
b. Constitutional law.
c. Common law.
d. Statutory law.
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