Med Law Exam 1 Word Scramble

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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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