Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Law and Ethics

Question 1

Plaintiff

Answer 1

person bringing charges in a lawsuit

Question 2

defendant

Answer 2

person against when charges are brought

Question 3

liable

Answer 3

legally responsible

Question 4

litigious

Answer 4

prone to engage in lawsuits

Question 5

health care practitioner

Answer 5

those who are trained to administer medical or heath care to patients

Question 6

precedent

Answer 6

decisions made by courts that become a law

Question 7

summary judgement

Answer 7

judgement by court, plays in favor of one party without full trial

Question 8

law

Answer 8

rule of conduct recognized as legally binding

Question 9

ethics

Answer 9

society’s standards on ones concept of right or wrong

Question 10

moral values

Answer 10

one’s personal concept of right or wrong

Question 11

Code of Ethics

Answer 11

professional guidelines for healthcare providers to make ethical decisions in the best interest of the patient

Question 12

Bioethics

Answer 12

ethics in regards to biological research

Question 13

etiquette

Answer 13

standards of behaviors considered good manners

Question 14

fraud

Answer 14

dishonest practice to deprive another of their rights

Question 15

standards

Answer 15

A general requirement

Question 16

hippocratic oath

Answer 16

a pledge for physicians, developed by Hippocrates

Question 17

medical ethicist or bioethicist

Answer 17

specialists who consult with physicians, researchers, and others to help the make difficult decisions

Question 18

protocol

Answer 18

policy discussing behavior and action in a sequence of steps in certain situations

Question 19

agent

Answer 19

one who acts for or represents another

Question 20

Medical Practice Acts

Answer 20

state laws written to govern the practice of medicine

Question 21

Hammurabi

Answer 21

one of the first medical Code of Ethics written by the Babylonians