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law and ethic review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An inward reflective examination of ones own feeling and thoughts is called? | introspection |
| what does the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs do (CEJA)? | agree with abortions with certain conditions. IE the abortion must be performed in accordance with food medical practice and be performed within the boundaries of the law in the state where it occurs to be considered an ethical practice |
| In a civil case who is the answers to the lawsuit? | the respondent |
| who is the party that initiates the lawsuit? | petitioner |
| What is a duty? | an obligatory task, conduct, service, or function that arises from one's position, as in life or in a group. |
| What is an emancipated minor? | a person under the legal age who is self supporting and living apart from parents or guardians. |
| What is a ghost surgery? | the substitution of another surgeon without the patient's consent. making a substitution without consulting the patient is deceitful and unethical. |
| Ethics is defined as? | the thought, judgments, and actions on issues that have implications of moral right and wrong. |
| Who are part of the nine AMA members who make up the CEJA? | one resident physician, one medical student, and seven other physicians. |
| What is an ethical dilemma? | the choice between two or more courses of actions that may be acceptable and correct, but doing one precludes the other. A choice must be made, and something of value may be list of a second choice is eliminated. |
| In order to make an ethical decision the first thing you must do is? | gather all the relevant information |
| Certification of death after capital punishment is considered? | an ethical activity. whereas participating in the lethal injection is not. |
| Unique identifiers are used primarily to? | ensure the confidentiality of the person being tested for HIV |
| Human cloning is? | another name for the somatic cell nuclear transfer, a practice the CEJA fees has not been researched sufficiently to be considered an ethically sound activity |
| When did the human genome project begin? | 1990 |
| Ordinances are? | created and enacted my local governments |
| A living will expressed what? | the wishes of the patients in case of terminal illness or accident |
| When an individual is guilty of a crime against the state or government it is considered what? | a breach of criminal law |
| The prime objective of the medical profession is? | to render service to humanity |
| What is reparation? | the act of making amends, offering atonement, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or an injury |
| What does a guardian ad litem do? | represents minors in legal matter |
| When obtaining informed consent from a patient? | the physician must advise the patient of the diagnoses, the risks and benefits of having or not having treatment, and alternative treaments |
| Many situations can prompt a medical liability case such as? | a breach of trust on the part of the physician or the patient or a miscommunication between the two |
| Negligence must be? | proven to win a judgment in court or in arbitration |
| A valid contract must contain what? | a manifestation of assent and must involve legal subject matter, and all parties must have the legal capacity to enter a contract |
| What is discovery? | the pretrial disclosure of pertinent facts in a lawsuit. |
| What us nonfeasance? | the failure to perform an act that should have been preformed |
| a subpoena duces tecum should? | be filed no less than 15 days before the start of a trail |
| the four D's of negligence are? | 1. duty 2. dereliction 3. direct cause 4. damages |
| what is a deposition? | testimony taken during the course of a lawsuit. |
| What is a bailiff? | they keep order in the courtroom |
| What is the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)? | oversees and enforces the Controlled Substances Act. |
| The Supreme Court hears how many cases each year? | 80-90 |
| Schedule I drugs have? | the highest potential for abuse |
| Schedule V are said? | to have the lowest potential for abuse |
| Schedule IV drugs have? | the lowest potential for abuse |
| The individual who brings a case to court is? | the plaintiff |
| What simple laboratory test or exempt from the CLIA standards? | urine pregnancy test, spun hematocrit tests, and dipstick urinalysis. |
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