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Med Law Exam 1
Chapter's 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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