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Medical Law/Ethics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ability to see things from another person"s point of view is | Empathy |
| The act of releasing or freeing; when used in reference to a minor, it means that a child is no longer under parental control. | Emancipation |
| An act that violates criminal law if called | Crime |
| An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of a definite thing agreed on | Contract |
| The branch of study of moral issues; question and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical is called? | bioethics |
| Conduct, courtesy, & manners, customary in the medical profession, is called? | medical etiquette |
| Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risk of unpreventable result of that treatment is called? | assumption of risk |
| defamation through spoken statements is? | slander |
| defamation through written statement is? | libel |
| A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called? | battery |
| Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called | breach of contact |
| Failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under the same or similar circumstances is called | contributory negligence |
| Failure to act prudently and responsibly, or doing something a reasonable person would not do under ordinary circumstances thereby causing harm to another person or persons property: | negligence |
| Final judgment of a court in an action of suit is: | Judgment |
| The healthcare worker is protected by law if it can be determined the he/she acted reasonably when compared to others in same job position, this is called: | reasonable care |
| Holding or detaining a person against their will is: | false imprisonment |
| An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient complaints about medical care of excessive fees is called: | medical grievance committee |
| Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the patient is: | privileged communication |
| Injuring the name or reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is: | Defamation |
| An intentional perversion of the truth for the purpose of including another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable things that belong to him or surrender a legal right is called: | fraud |
| Lack of physical or mental fitness is called: | incompetent |
| Latin for "He who acts through another act for himself" is called: | Qui Facit per album facit per se |
| Latin for "the thing speaks for itself" presumption or inference of the negligence when an accident is otherwise inexplicable in terms of ordinary experience is called: | Res ipsa loquitur |
| Latin for "things decided" a matter already decided by a judge is called: | Re judicatata |
| A lawsuit: | Litigation |
| A legal statement on how a persons belongings are to be distributed after death: | Will |
| Major crime for which a punishment is imposed: | Felony |
| Most common type of medical tort liability is: | negligence |
| Negligence by a professional is also called: | Malpractice |
| One who institutes a law is referred to as: | Plaintiff |
| Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is | consent |
| A person being sued is called | Defendant |
| Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is: | Respondent Superior |
| A rule of conduct made by a government body is: | Law |
| A statement given concerning scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physicaian is called: | expert testimony |
| A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated form criminal law is called: | Civil law |
| Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case come to trial is: | Deposition |
| That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent causes produce an event and without which the injury would not have occurred is called: | Proximate cause |
| The time established for fling law suits referred to as: | Statue of limitations |
| To interrupt or discontinue a suite temporarily with intention or resumption at a later date continuance is called: | Suspended |
| An unlawful threat or attempt to cause bodily harm or injury to another person is: | assault |
| A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name photograph or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent is: | invasion of privacy |
| Violation or admission of a legal or moral duty is called: | Breach of duty |
| What is right and wrong conduct called: | ethics |
| The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge for the case by the patient is: | abandonment |
| A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a | Subpoena |
| A wrong committed against another person or person's property is a: | Tort |
Created by:
CWillems
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