Chapter 2: Legal & Ethical Issues

Question 1

advance directives

Answer 1

documents that allow people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to have in the even they are unable to make those decisions themselves

Question 2

patient self-determination act

Answer 2

requires facilities to provide info about advance directives

Question 3

living will

Answer 3

outlines specific medical care a person wants or does not want to receive

Question 4

do not resuscitate

Answer 4

patient doesn’t want cpr

Question 5

do not intubate

Answer 5

no breathing tube will place in patient

Question 6

durable power of attorney

Answer 6

names a person other than the patient to make medical decisions if the patient can’t

Question 7

physician orders for life-sustaining treatment

Answer 7

describes what a patient wants to receive during a health emergency, more specific than advance directives

Question 8

genetic information nondiscrimination act

Answer 8

bans discrimination in employment and healthcare coverage based on genetic info

Question 9

medicare

Answer 9

federal health insurance program for people 65 or older and people w/ permanent kidney failure or certain disabilities

Question 10

medicaid

Answer 10

medical assistance program from low income and ppl w/ disabilities

Question 11

clinical laboratory improvement amendments

Answer 11

law that makes sure tests are done by qualified workers who use correct methods

Question 12

joint commision

Answer 12

organization that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations

Question 13

clinical and laboratory standards institute

Answer 13

develops standards for medical testing

Question 14

Americans with disabilities act

Answer 14

prohibits discrimination because of a disability; requires buildings to be accessible

Question 15

emergency medical treatment and labor act

Answer 15

requires hospitals to provide emergency medical treatment even if patient can’t pay

Question 16

hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems

Answer 16

surveys patients to ask about quality of care at hospitals

Question 17

sentinel event

Answer 17

unexpected occurrence that results in death or serious injury