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Question | Answer |
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A ____ is the rule of conduct established and enforced by an authority or government body | Law |
Which of the following is demonstrated when a patient's leg healed incorrectly because of the way the cast had been applied? | Direct cause |
At the end of a labor and delivery Nurse shift, the nurse left. What is the called? | Abandonment |
An unlawful act of misconduct is referred to as? | Malfeasance |
The term "res ipsa loquitur" refers to cases in which... | |
The doctor's mistake is completely obvious | |
A legal document addressed to the family and the physician stating what type of treatment the patient wishes or does not wish when they are terminally ill is called... | Living will |
What type of service can a doctor bill for? | Office visit |
The promise for a miracle cure is an example of what? | Fraud |
Another name for terminating care of a patient | Withdrawing from the case |
A civil wrong committed against a person or property that causes physical injury | Tort law |
___ is considered a standard of behavior, a concept of right and wrong of legal consideration | Ethics |
A process in which the opposing side chooses a person outside the court system with special knowledge of the field to hear it decide | Arbitration |
Malpractice lawsuit is part of a... | Civil Law |
An employee who is considered to be working on the doctor's behalf | Respondent superior |
A physician reports a case to the state, this is called | public duty |
A written court order | Subpoena |
A physician who is said to have been ___ if a patient shows that the physician failed to comply with the standards of profession | Derelict |
The appropriate way for a physician to terminate the care of a patient is to send a | Certified letter |
A healthcare professional who leaves a patient without a replacement could be found guilty of | Abandonment |
A surgical incision is reopened after a patient starts showing signs of internal bleeding. It is discovered that the surgeon did not complete closure of the capillaries at the exposure site. This is an example of... | Malpractice |
The appropriate way for a patient to donate organs upon death is to complete a | uniform donor card |
Speaking in such a way as to negatively influence others against an individual is.. | Defamation of character |
A document that calls someone to make medical decisions for a patient in the instance that the patient is not able to answer for him or herself | Durable power of attorney |
The federal law to protect healthcare workers is | OSHA |