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Med Law Exam 1
Chapter's 1 and 2
Question | Answer |
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Justice-Based | Veil of ignorance |
Decision based on emotion | Gut feeling |
Binding Rules Determined by an authority | Laws |
Pinciple of doing good | Beneficence |
Standards of professional behavior | Medical Etiquette |
Practical application of moral standards | Applied Ethics |
Rule out Diagnosis | R/O |
Moral conduct to regulate behavior of medical professionals | Medical Ethics |
Branch of Philosphy | Ethics |
Kenneth Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale's approcah to ethics | Three-Step Ethics Model |
Order for a person or documents to appear in court | Subpoena |
Person who is being sued | defendant |
Give up the right to something | waive |
Law that covers harm to another person | tort |
Earlier ruling applied to present case | precedent |
Failure | breach |
Person who sues another party | plaintiff |
Less Serious crime such as a traffic violation | misdemeanor |
Oral testimony to be used in court | deposition |
Serious Crime such as practicing medicine without a license | felony |
Sources of Law | 1. regulatory law 2. statutory law 3. common law 4. constitutional law |
Subpoena Duces tecum means | "under penalty, take with you" |
Stare Decisis means | "let the decision stand" |
Administrative law covers | 1. Health Department regulations 2. Licensing of Prescription drugs 3. Internal Reveue Services regulations 4. Fraud |
A court order that requires a witness to appear in court with certain records is called a | Subpoena duces tecum |
The common law of the past that is based on a decision made by judges is called | case law |
The threat of doing bodily harm to another person - stating, for example, "If you won't allow us to continue this procedure, we will have to tie your hands." - is | Assault |
_______ of care refers to the care that a resonable person would use, is ordiniary care, a prudent person would use, and healthcare professionals in all specialties must practice | Standard |
Removing one's clothing in order to allow the physician to perform a physical exam is an | implied contract |
A problem that occurs when using a duty-based approach to ethics is | the conflicting opionions regarding what our responsibility is |
Moral issues that occur as a result of modern technology are covered under what specific discipline? | bioethics |
When trying to solve an ethical dilemma, it is necessary to | use logic to determine the solution |
The three-step approach to solving ethical dilemmas is based on | 1. asking ourselves how our decision would make us feel if we had to explain our actions to a loved one 2. asking ourselves if the intended action is legal 3. asking ourselves if the intended action results in a balanced decision |
A utilitarian approach to solving ethical dilemmas might be used when | allocating a limited supply of donor organs |
An illegal act is almost always | unethical |
A practical application of ethics is | applied ethics |
An employee who is entitled to a fair hearing in the case of dismissal from a job is an example of | rights-based ethics |
Laws that affect the medical profession | 1. often overlap with ethics 2. have a binding force 3. are determined by a governmental authority |
What kind of laws are the following: 1. may allow some unethical acts such as lying on job applications, 2. are interpreted by some people to require no ethical responsibility beyond what the law requires | Modern Laws |