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Law and ethics 3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The federal Government | 3 branches health care laws |
| executive branch | president and his cabinet |
| legislative branch | senate and house of represenitives |
| judicial branch | us supreme court state court and judges |
| constitutional law | made from federal and state constitutional |
| case law | set by leagal |
| STATUTORY LAW | PASSED BY US CONGRESS OR STATE LEGISLATURES |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | STATUES ENACTED TO DEFINE SPECIFIC POWERS AND PROCEDURES |
| CRIMINAL LAW 2 examples | FELONY-PUNISHED BY DEATH OR IMPRISONMENT MISDEMEANOR-PUNISHED BY FINES OR LESS THAN A YEAR IN PRISON |
| criminal law | crimes against the state |
| civil law | wrongful acts against people example child support |
| NEGLIGENCE | ONE WHO PERFORMS OR FAILS TO PERFORM AS ANOTHER WOULD IN THE SAME SITUATION |
| LAW OF AGENCY | LAW THAT GOVERNS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOCTOR AND EMPLOYEE |
| RESPONDENT SUPERIOR | DR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMPLOYER AS LONG AS IN THEIR SCOPE |
| STANDARD OF CARE | LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE EXPECTED PF HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE HELD TO |
| DUTY OF CARE | LEGAL OBLIGATION |
| PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION | LEGAL TERM BETWEEN THE PATIENT AND DOCTOR, INFO HELD CONFIDENTIAL, PROTECTED REALATIONSHIP BEETWEEN DR-PATIENT |
| THE FOUR D,S OF NEGLIGENCE | DUTY DERELICTION DIRECT CAUSE DAMAGES |
| RES LPSA LOQUITOR | OBVIOUSLY NEGLIGENT NO WITNESSES (NEED NO WITNESS) |
| WRONGFUL DEATH STATUTES | WHERE FAMILY CAN COLLECT FOR LOSS OF THE ESTATE WHEN NEGLIGENCE CAUSES DEATH. |
| PLEADING PHASE | FILING A COMPLAINT,SUMMONS ISSUED,DEFENDENT ANSWERS |
| INTERROGATORY PHASE | SET A DATE, SUBPONEAS GIVEN, DEPOSETION TAKEN |
| TRAIL PHASE | JURY,OPENING AND CLOSING STATEMENTS, DELIBERATION AND A VERDICT |
| APPEALS PHASE | FILED GO TO HIGHER COURT |
| COURTROOM CONDUCT | BE ON TIME, DRESS UP, BRING DOCUMENTATION, BE FRIENDLY, AND ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS |
| ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION | SETTLING OUT OF COURT---MEDIATIOR OR AN ARBITRATOR EX. CUSTODY CASES |