Chapter 3 - Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues

Question 1

Unilateral termination of care without consent and without provision for transfer of care to appropriate individual.

Answer 1

abandonment

Question 2

Written documentation that specifies medical treatment should a patient become unable to make decisions.

Answer 2

advance directive - or living will

Question 3

Manner in which principles of ethics are incorporated into professional conduct.

Answer 3

applied ethics

Question 4

Unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm.

Answer 4

assult

Question 5

Touching a patient or providing emergency care without consent.

Answer 5

battery

Question 6

Study of ethics that arise in medical care.

Answer 6

bioethics

Question 7

Disclosure of information without proper authorization.

Answer 7

breach of confidentiality

Question 8

Damages awarded in a civil suit intended to restore plaintiff to same condition as prior.

Answer 8

compensatory damages

Question 9

The ability to make rational decisions about personal well-being.

Answer 9

competent

Question 10

Grant permission to render care.

Answer 10

consent

Question 11

Legal defense that may be raised regarding plaintiff’s own responsibility for injury.

Answer 11

contributory negligence

Question 12

A persons ability to understand and process information and to make choices.

Answer 12

decision making capacity

Question 13

Communication of false information that is damaging to a person’s reputation.

Answer 13

defamation

Question 14

Blood settling to the lowest point of body.

Answer 14

dependent lividity

Question 15

Written documentation by a physician giving permission to medical personnel to not attempt resuscitation.

Answer 15

do not resuscitate order (DNR)

Question 16

Medicolegal term relating to certain personnel who by statute or function have a responsibility for care.

Answer 16

duty to act

Question 17

Principle of law that permits a health care provider to treat a patient in an emergency when that patient is incapable of granting consent.

Answer 17

emergency doctrine

Question 18

Consent in which a patient gives authorization for provision of care.

Answer 18

expressed consent

Question 19

Confinement of a person without legal authority or consent.

Answer 19

false imprisonment

Question 20

Conduct that constitutes a willful or reckless disregard for a duty or standard of care

Answer 20

gross negligence

Question 21

Consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the assumption that her or she would want treatment.

Answer 21

implied consent

Question 22

Permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the potential risks, benefits and alternatives have been explained.

Answer 22

informed consent

Question 23

Code of conduct that can be defined by society.

Answer 23

morality

Question 24

Philosophy of right and wrong.

Answer 24

ethics