Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT12 S4 Q13 Explanation

Police published a

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TopicsMust be False

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Stimulus

Police published a “wanted” poster for a criminal fugitive in a medical journal, because the fugitive was known to have a certain acute noninfectious skin problem that would eventually require a visit to a doctor. The poster asked for information about the whereabouts of the fugitive. A physician’s responding to the poster’s certain infectious diseases to health authorities. These exceptions to confidentiality are clearly ethical.

What this question is testing

Must be False

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
13.

Which one of the following principles, while remaining compatible with the requirements cited above, supports the view that a physician’s responding to the request

Answer choices

  1. Trap8% picked this

    Since a physician acts both as a professional person and as a citizen, it is not ethical for a physician to conceal information about

  2. Trap8% picked this

    Since a patient comes to a physician with the expectation that the patient’s visit and medical condition will remain confidential, it is not ethical

  3. Correct56% picked this

    Since the primary concern of medicine is individual and public health, it is not ethical for a physician, except in the case of gunshot

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Must be False · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  4. Trap17% picked this

    Except as required by the medical treatment of the patient, physicians cannot ethically disclose to others information about a patient’s identity or

  5. Trap11% picked this

    Except to other medical personnel working to preserve or restore the health of a patient or of other persons, physicians cannot ethically disclose information

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