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Medical Law & Ethics
Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Establishes agencies that are given power to enact regulations having the force of the law | Administrative Law |
| Law that includes 27 amendments, 10 of which are the Bill of Rights | Constitutional Law |
| A 17 year old person serving in the US armed forces | Emancipated Minor |
| Medical practice acts or laws that regulate the practice of medicine, such as licensure and standards of care | Statues |
| A patient who refuses needed care, such as a cancer patient who will not complete a series of chemotherapy treatments | Noncompliant |
| A provider or healthcare professional who testifies in court to establish a reasonable and expected standard of care with respect to a specific medical situation so that jurors can understand the nature of medical information | Expert Witness |
| The failure to exercise the standard of care that reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances | Negligence |
| Persons who bring charges in a civil case | Plaintiffs |
| Medical assistants are ______ of their employers | Agents |
| A patient tilts her head back and opens her eyes wide for instillation of medicated eye drops from a MA without any verbal instruction to do so | Implied Consent |
| Professional negligence | Malpractice |
| Respondeat Superior and res ipsa loquitur | Doctrines |
| Court Order | subpoena |
| Persons against whom charges are brought | Defendants |
| A MA writes in the patient's record "Jin Marhsall is a ruthless, rude man who is very full of himself. Be careful around him." | Libel |
| A patient says loudly in the reception area of Inner City Health Care, filled to capacity with waiting patients, "Dr. Reynolds should retire. I know he's not up on the latest medical techniques." | Slander |
| A 17 year old student who lives with his or her parents | Minor |
| Actions that made the MA and the employer less vulnerable to litigation | Risk Management |
| Lawsuit | Litigation |
| Written or verbal contract that describes exactly what each party in the contract will do | Expressed Contract |
| The Ds of negligence | Duty Derelict of duty Damage Direct Cause |
| What are 4 things a patient needs to know to give informed consent? | Type of procedure The risks of the procedure Possible outcomes What would happen if the procedure doesn't happen |
| The unauthorized touching of one person by another | Battery |
| The federal government established laws in 1968 to allow people to make a gift of all or part of their body; it is known as | Uniform and Anatomical Gift Act |
| The law mandates that the proper authorities be informed of certain harms and injuries, such as all except: Rape GSW Knife Wounds Child Abuse Elder Abuse | Rape |
| What term is used now in place of "domestic Violence" and what does it means? Why was the change made? | IVP: Intimate Partner Violence |
| 7 strategies for risk management in an ambulatory care setting that will lessen the potential for litigation | Stay within scope of practice Comply with all regulations/statutes keep the office safe and in readiness never leave a patient unattended comply with HIPAA standards for privacy Follow all office policies and procedures document fully only facts |
| 4 strategies for risk management that will lessen the potential for litigation | log all phone conversations and return phone calls in reasonable time follow up on missed or cancelled appts never guarantee an outcome or cure secure informed consent when necessary |
| what is POLST | Physician's Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment |
| The patient Self Determination Act, which includes health care directives, ensures that the patients are able to: | Control Their Own Health Care Decisions |
| What covers the relationship between providers and their patients? | Informed Consent |
| Res ipsa loquitor means? | The things speaks for itself |
| Respondeat Superior is the latin word for: | Providers are responsible for their employees' actions. "Let The Master Speak" |
| A provider is legally bound to a patient until the patient: | No longer needs treatment |
| An order for a physician to appear in court with a medical record: | Subpoena duces tecum |
| When a patient reports a sore throat and the provider takes a swab for a throat culture to diagnose and treat the ailment, this act is considered | an implied contract |
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