Ch. 26 Flashcards
T/F - A patient has the right to be informed of and to make decisions about his or her own health care treatment
True
T/F - A radiographer may be called to testify in a legal case.
True
The three types of law include:
constitutional, legislative, case
Which type of law defines individual rights?
constitutional
A(n) _______is a patient’s claim that he or she has been wronged.
tort
A(n) _________is when a patient believes he or she has been threatened in such a way that there is reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm.
assault
A(n) __________ can occur when a technologist touches a patient or performs an examination without the patients permission.
battery
Restrained against the patient’s will is an example of:
false imprisonment
The failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent person would use under like or similar situations is termed:
negligence
Which term describes how a patient is injured through no fault of his or her own while in the complete control of another?
res ipsa loquitur
The theory of ___________ requires the hospital or health care entity to be responsible for the quality of care standards delivered to consumers by their employees or institution?
corporate liability
T/F - Informed consent requires that patients have all of the information that they need to make decisions about their health care.
True
T/F - Respondent Superior translates to “the thing speaks for itself”
False - master speaks for servant
T/F - Radiologic technologist are legally liable for their actions in the daily performance of diagnostic procedures.
True
What document might a lawyer access to prove a radiologic technologist is negligent in their specific actions?
Practice standards
Some lawyers realize that they can’t get much money$$ out of some technologists in a lawsuit. So lawyers often go to the next step- which most commonly is ………?
respondent superior
that degree of skill (proficiency), knowledge, and care ordinarily possessed and employed by a member in good standard within the profession.
standard of care
How many elements must be present for a negligence case to hold up against a health care professional.
4
T/F - During informed consent- patients must be informed of alternative procedures that can also be used for diagnosis or treatment.
True
Information about a patient to someone who does not need to know would most likely bring on what kind of charge?
defamation
