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Med Law Unit 1B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bioethicist | specialist who consults with MDs & others to help with ethical decisions |
| Bioethics | branch of medical ethics concerned with the morality of advanced technology and research |
| code of ethics | principles intended to govern behavior of those providing care to the sick |
| Defendant | accused person(s) being sued or prosecuted |
| Ethics | standards based on what is morally right/wrong;differs person to person; are defined in our codes of ethics |
| ethics committees | panel formed to review issues in difficult cases; comprised of healthcare workers, clergy, family members |
| Etiquette | standards of behavior considered good manners among members of a profession as they function |
| Fraud | misrepresentation designed to deceive or deprive another of his/her rights; ex |
| healthcare practitioners | those trained to administer medical or health care to patients |
| Hippocratic Oath | a pledge taken by MDs, by the works of Hippocrates 400 B.C. |
| Law | rule or regulation recognized as binding and enforceable |
| Liable | accountable under the law |
| Litigious | prone to engage in lawsuits |
| moral values | personal concept of right/wrong, formed through influence of family, culture, society |
| Plaintiff | person(s)/group starting a law suit; those doing the suing |
| Precedent | decisions made by judges in various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases; known as case law |
| Protocol | code prescribing correct behavior in specific situations |
| Summary judgment | decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial |
| Abortion | expulsion of products of conception before viability; induced or naturally occuring |
| fetal tissue | tissue from a nonviable fetus |
| genetic engineering | the alteration, manipulation, replacement or repair of genetic material |
| Surrogate | a woman who becomes pregnant and bears a child for another woman |
| Genetics | the study of heredity |
| Heredity | process by which organisms pass genetic traits to their offspring |
| Amniocentesis | test to study amniotic fluid; may be to study genetics or find conditions that may lead to abnormal fetal development |
| genetic counselor | expert in human genetics; counsels individuals who may have inherited genes for certain diseases |
| genetic discrimination | differential treatment of individuals based on their actual or presumed genetic differences |
| Clone | an organism grown asexually, usually from a single cell of the parent |
| Xenotransplantation | transplanting animal tissues and organs into humans |
| stem cells | early embryonic cells that have the potential to become any type of body cell |
| gene therapy | treating harmful genetic disease or traits by eliminating or modifying the harmful DNA |
| in vitro fertilization | fertilization that takes place outside a woman's body |
| artificial insemination | mechanical injection of viable sperm into the vagina |
| homologous artificial insemination | mechanical injection of viable sperm from a woman's husband into her vagina |
| heterologous artificial insemination | mechanical injection of viable donor sperm into the vagina |
| parens patriae | legal doctrine giving the state the authority to act in a child's best interest |
| safe haven laws | state laws allowing a mother to abandon a newborn at a fire station, police station or hospital without legal proscecution or with reduced legal prosecution |
| mature minors | persons in their mid- to late teens who, for healthcare purposes are considered capable of providing their own informed consent |
| emancipated minors | minors who legally live outside of parents' or guardians' control |
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