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Chapter7/8Med Assist
Legal Ethical
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When a wrong is commited to an individual and is usually rewarded in monentary rewards | Civil law |
| When a wrong is committed against the welfare and safety of socient as a whole and is usually penalized with a fine or imprisionment | Criminal law |
| Medical practice acts that regulate the practice of medicine with the intent of protecting citizens from harm | Statutes or laws |
| A binding agreement between two or more persons | Contract |
| Mentally incompetent, legally insane, or persons under drug or alcohol influence cannot_________ a contract | sign |
| Failure to do what any reasonable and prudent health care professional wold do in the same circumstances is: | a breeh of the standard of care or Negligence |
| Also known as professional negligence | Malpractice |
| A wrongful act that results in injury to one person by another | tort |
| What are two types of torts | intentional and negligent |
| What is unpriviliged touching of one person by another | Battery |
| Injuring another person's reputation. | Defamation of character |
| Two types of defamation of character | Libel and slander |
| false and malicious writing about another | Libel |
| false and malicious spoken words | Slander |
| unauthorized publicity of patient information, medical records being released without the persons knowledge and permission | Invasion of privacy |
| Corrections are made in a chart by ________ a line through the error, putting error above the wrong information and your initials and date. | drawing |
| The patient has the right to know and understand any procedure to be performed. | Informed consent |
| This type of consent occurs when there is a life threatening event and the physician gives treatment without the patients consent | Implied consent |
| Physicians have a duty to report diseases and injuries that jeopardize public health and welfare. These may include: | transmittable or contagious disease, injuries form knives or gunshot wounds, births, deaths, rape, abuse, HIV, and sexually transmitted disease. |
| Providing medical care at the scene of an accident without the fear of being sued for negligence | Good Samaritan Law |
| The Code of Ethics of AAMA contain ________ points | 5 |
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