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Chapter 3
Medico legal and Ethical Responsibilites
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Standards of conduct generally accepted as a moral guide for behavior (morally right or wrong) | Ethics |
| a customary code of conduct, courtesy and manners(how one acts) | Etiquette |
| DNR, living will, health care proxy, Power of attorney | Advanced directives |
| Contract law,Third party, Implied, and expressed | Types of contracts |
| Drug Enforcement Agency | DEA |
| Regulates the distribution of narcotics | DEA |
| Food and Drug Administration | FDA |
| Protect the health by ensuring safe pharmaceutical products | FDA |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration | OSHA |
| ensures that all employers have a safe working conditions for employees | OSHA |
| a legislation intended to limit health administration and privacy as well as prevent against fraud and abuse (patients confidentiality) | HIPAA |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountablility Act | HIPAA |
| means wrong | Tort |
| commonly used in the medical field in malpractice cases | Tort law |
| negligence by a professional | Malpractice |
| Unintentional and Intentional | Types of Tort Law |
| a wrong doing that was not intended such as a baseball thru a window | Unintentional |
| Such a slander or defamation of character, the person knew it was wrong but did it anyway | Intentional |
| Conduct that falls below the standards of behavior established by law for the protection of others, against unreasonable risk of harm (failing to do what a reasonable person would do in a similar situation) | Negligence |
| the patients has contributed to the injury(missed appointments, not following the prescribed treatment plan) | Contributory negligence |
| the professional has a duty to the injured person | Duty |
| the professional failed to meet that duty | Derelict |
| failure to meet the duty caused the damage or injury | Damages |
| The amount of time a person has to sue. Usually 1 to 3 years but varies by state | Statue of limitations |
| let the master answer | Respondeat superior |
| commands the original medical record in court | Deuces tecum subpoena |
| a write that commands a witness under oath to appear at a trial | Subpoena |
| Developed to try to uncover a patients value system and to guide a physicians decision about treatment. "How important is independence and self-sufficiency in your life?" | Values History Form |
| A type of advance directive. Patient has the responsibility to communicate his or her decisions about various forms of life support to the surrogate | Health Care Proxy |
| Is the right of a competent adult to make disposition of all or part of his or her body for transplant or research purposes. Approved in July 1968 | Uniform Anatomical Gift Act |
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