ML&E Midterm terms Word Scramble

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Accreditation	A process for officially authorizing, approving, and recognizing quality in health care education programs, facilities, managed care plans, and other health care organizations.
Administrative law	Enabling statutes enacted to define powers and procedures when an agency is created
Assumption of risk	A legal defense that holds the defendant is not guilty of a negligent act, since the plaintiff knew of and accepted beforehand any risks involved.
Beneficence	Refers to the acts health care practitioners perform to help people stay healthy or recover from an illness.
Bioethics	A discipline dealing with the ethical implications of biological research methods and results, especially in medicine.
Cardiologist	Heart specialist
Caveat emptor	let the buyer beware; the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made
Certification	A voluntary credentialing process whereby applicants who meet specific requirements may receive a certificate.
Common law	The body of unwritten law developed in England, primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and tradition.
Comparative negligence	An affirmative defense claimed by the defendant, alleging that the plaintiff contributed to the injury by a certain degree.
Confidentiality	The act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals.
Consent	Permission from a patient, either expressed or implied, for something to be done by another.
Constitutional law	Law that derives from federal and state constitutions
Contributory negligence	An affirmative defense that alleges that the plaintiff, through a lack of care, caused or contributed to his or her own injury.
Defendant	The person or party against whom criminal or civil charges are brought in a lawsuit.
Deposition	Sworn testimony given and recorded outside the courtroom during the pretrial phase of a case.
Doctrine of informed consent	The legal basis for informed consent, usually outlined in a state’s medical practice acts.
Emergency	A type of affirmative defense in which the person who comes to the aid of a victim in an emergency is not held liable under certain circumstance
Ethics	Standards of behavior, developed as a result of one’s concept of right and wrong.
Felony	An offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in a state or federal prison for more than 1 year.
Fidelity	Being faithful to the scope of practice for your profession, as in role fidelity.
Fraud	Dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving, or attempting to deprive, another of his or her rights.
Health Maintenance Organization	A health plan that combines coverage of health care costs and delivery of health care for a prepaid premium.
Health Savings Account	Offered to individuals covered by high-deductible health plans, these accounts let these individuals save money, tax free, to pay for medical expenses.
Implied contracts	are those in which the conduct of the parties, rather than expressed words, creates the contract.
Informed contracts	Individual can give consent only after they have all the information.
Jurisdiction	The power and authority given to a court to hear a case and to make a judgment.
Law	Rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority.
Liable	Legally responsible or obligated.
Licensure	A mandatory credentialing process established by law, usually at the state level, that grants the right to practice certain skills and endeavors.
Litigious	prone to engage in lawsuits
Malfeasance	The performance of a totally wrongful and unlawful act.
Managed Care	A system in which financing, administration, and delivery of health care are combined to provide medical services to subscribers for a prepaid fee.
Misfeasance	The performance of a lawful act in an illegal or improper manner.
Moral values	One’s personal concept of right and wrong, formed through the influence of the family, culture, and society.
Negligence	An unintentional tort alleged when one may have performed or failed to perform an act that a reasonable person would not or would have done in similar circumstances.
Nonfeasance	The failure to act when one should.
Nonmaleficence	As paraphrased from the Hippocratic oath, means the duty to “do no harm.”
Open access plan	Subscribers may see any in network provider without a referral.
Plaintiff	the person bringing charges in a lawsuit
Precedent	Decisions made by judges in the various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases, even though they were not enacted by a legislature; also known as case law.
Primary Care Physician	The physician responsible for directing all of a patient’s medical care and determining whether the patient should be referred for specialty care.
Prosecution	The government as plaintiff in a criminal case.
Protocol	A code prescribing correct behavior in a specific situation, such as a situation arising in a medical office.
Reciprocity	The process by which a professional license obtained in one state may be accepted as valid in other states by prior agreement without reexamination.
Release of tortfeasor	A technical defense to a lawsuit that prohibits a lawsuit against the person who caused an injury (the tortfeasor) if he or she was expressly released from further liability in the settlement of a suit.
Res iPas loquitur	Literally, “the thing speaks for itself”; a situation that is so obviously negligent that no expert witnesses need be called. Also known as the doctrine of common knowledge.
Res judicata	Literally, "the thing has been decided"; legal principle that a claim cannot be retried between the same parties if it has already been legally resolved.
Respondeat superior	Literally, “let the master answer.” A doctrine under which an employer is legally liable for the acts of his or her employees, if such acts were performed within the scope of the employees’ duties.
Statute of limitations	That period of time established by state law during which a lawsuit may be filed.
Statutory law	Law passed by the U.S. Congress or state legislatures.
Subpoena duces tecum	A legal document requiring the recipient to bring certain written records to court to be used as evidence in a lawsuit.
Subpoena	A legal document requiring the recipient to appear as a witness in court or to give a deposition.
Summary judgment	A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial.
Tort	A civil wrong committed against a person or property, excluding breach of contract.
Tortfeasor	The person guilty of committing a tort.
Veracity	Truth telling
Endorsement	is another process by which a license may be awarded based on individual credentials judged to meet licensing requirements in the new state of residence.
Registration	Similar to certification, individuals must meet certain educational requirements, as well as possibly successfully completing a nation exam.

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