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Questions on Clinical Issues

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This chapter contains questions from across medical disciplines. The questions are designed to test the learner’s understanding of the concepts of professionalism and ethics in medicine as they apply to clinical situations. Correct answers are listed at the end of the section. The learner may refer back to the relevant chapter in Part I for the conceptual framework.

Contributing authors: Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., Daryn Reicherter, M.D., Victor G. Carrion, M.D., Jodi K. Casados, M.D., Cynthia M. A. Geppert, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., Michelle Goldsmith, M.D., M.A., Shaili Jain, M.D., Joseph B. Layde, M.D., J.D., Sermsak Lolak, M.D.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Laura Weiss Roberts M.D., M.A. & Daryn Reicherter M.D.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

    Laura Weiss Roberts, MD, MA

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    Daryn Reicherter, MD

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Roberts, L.W., Reicherter, D. (2015). Questions on Clinical Issues. In: Roberts, MD, MA, L., Reicherter, MD, D. (eds) Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1686-3_8

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