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Law & Ethics

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Right and wrong conduct is known as   ethics  
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The most common type of medical tort liability is   negligence  
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A person being sued is called the   defendant  
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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  
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An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is   assault  
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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  
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Negligence by a professional person is called   malpractice  
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An act that violates criminal law as called   crime  
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The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called   breach  
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The ability to see things from another person's point of view is   empathy  
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The time established for filing law suits is   statute of limitations  
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A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a(n)   subpoena  
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A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a   tort  
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Holding or detaining a person against his will is   false imprisonment  
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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  
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A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is   felony  
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One who institutes a lawsuit is   plaintiff  
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A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is   will  
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Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is   privileged communication  
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A rule of conduct made by a government body is   law  
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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  
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Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is   consent  
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Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is   defamation  
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An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is   contract  
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Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as   incompetence  
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The final decision of a court in action or suit is   judgment  
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Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is   respondeat superior  
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A latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is   non compos mentis  
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A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called a(n)   emancipated minor  
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An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called a _____ committee.   medical grievance  
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Latin for "things done; deeds"; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called   res gestae  
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Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is   deposition  
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A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a   civil law  
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Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called   breach of duty  
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A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called   battery  
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Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself" is called   qui facit per alium facit per se  
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The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called   bioethics  
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A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called   expert testimony  
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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  
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Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called   assumption of risk  
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Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as   medical etiquette  
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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  
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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  
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Latin for "things decided'--that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called   res judicata  
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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  
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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  
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Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called   breach of contract  
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What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?   Narcotic  
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Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in   invasion of privacy  
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Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as   peer review  
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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  
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A fraudulent signature is called   forgery  
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________are defined as what are right and wrong.   Ethics  
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Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics?   The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research  
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A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following?   Gunshot wound  
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It is____________to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients.   unethical  
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_________is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient's health information.   HIPPA  
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In the health care field the acronym HIPPA stands for   Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act  
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The statement "A physician shall respect the law" is a part of the   AMA Code of Ethics  
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