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Medical Office Manag
Law & Ethics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Right and wrong conduct is known as | ethics |
| The most common type of medical tort liability is | negligence |
| A person being sued is called the | defendant |
| The withdrawal of a physician form the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is | abandonment |
| An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is | assault |
| The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers. This is called | reasonable care |
| Negligence by a professional person is called | malpractice |
| An act that violates criminal law as called | crime |
| The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called | breach |
| The ability to see things from another person's point of view is | empathy |
| The time established for filing law suits is | statute of limitations |
| A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a(n) | subpoena |
| A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a | tort |
| Holding or detaining a person against his will is | false imprisonment |
| A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is | invasion of privacy |
| A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is | felony |
| One who institutes a lawsuit is | plaintiff |
| A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is | will |
| Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is | privileged communication |
| A rule of conduct made by a government body is | law |
| Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is | negligence |
| Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is | consent |
| Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is | defamation |
| An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is | contract |
| Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as | incompetence |
| The final decision of a court in action or suit is | judgment |
| Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is | respondeat superior |
| A latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is | non compos mentis |
| A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called a(n) | emancipated minor |
| An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called a _____ committee. | medical grievance |
| Latin for "things done; deeds"; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called | res gestae |
| Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is | deposition |
| A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a | civil law |
| Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called | breach of duty |
| A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called | battery |
| Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself" is called | qui facit per alium facit per se |
| The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called | bioethics |
| A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called | expert testimony |
| A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called | contributory negligence |
| Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called | assumption of risk |
| Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as | medical etiquette |
| An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called | fraud |
| To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or resumption at a later date, or to ask for a continuance is called | suspension |
| Latin for "things decided'--that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called | res judicata |
| That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called | proximate cause |
| The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called | res ipsa loquitur |
| Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called | breach of contract |
| What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances? | Narcotic |
| Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in | invasion of privacy |
| Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as | peer review |
| Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as________review | admissions |
| A fraudulent signature is called | forgery |
| ________are defined as what are right and wrong. | Ethics |
| Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics? | The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research |
| A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following? | Gunshot wound |
| It is____________to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients. | unethical |
| _________is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient's health information. | HIPPA |
| In the health care field the acronym HIPPA stands for | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| The statement "A physician shall respect the law" is a part of the | AMA Code of Ethics |
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