Chapter 5 and 6 Flashcards
- Liable
Legally responsible or obligated
5Standard of care
The level of performance expected of a health care practioner in carrying out his or her professinal duties
5Duty of care
The legal obligation of health care workers to patients and sometimes non patients
5Reasonable person standard
That standard of behavior that judges a persons actions in a situation according to what a reasonable person would or would not do under similar circumstances.
5Confidentiality
The act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals
5Privilages communication
Information held confidential within a protected relationhsip
5Malfeasance
The performance of a totally wrongful and unlawful act
5Misfeasance
The performance of a lawful act in an illegal or impproper manner
5Nonfeasane
The failure to act when one should
5res ipsa loquitur
The thing speaks for itself: also know as the doctrine of common knowledge. A situation that is so obviously negligent that no expert witness need be called
5Damages
Monetary awards sought by plaintiffs in lawsuits
5Wrongful death statutes
States statue that allow a person beneficiaries to collect for loss to the estate of the deceased for future earnings when a death is judged to have been due to negligence
5Summons
A written notification issued by the clerk of the court and delivered with a copy of the complaint to the defendant in a law sui, directing him or her to respond to the charges brought in a court of law
5Subpoena
A legal document requiring the recipient to appear as a witness in court or to give a deposition
5Deposition
Sworn te the testimony given and recorded outside the courtroom during the pretrial phase of a case
5Interrogatorry
A written set of questions requiring written answers from a plaintiff or defendant under oath
5Subpoena duces tecum
A legal document requiring the recipient to bring certain written records to court to be used as evidence in a lawsuit
5Testimony
Sratements sworn to under oath by withnesses testifying in court and giving depositions
5Alternative dispute resolution ADR
Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators with out going to court
A physician who owns a physician’s office is legally responsible for her employees. What is the term for this responsibility?
Liable
As employers, physicians have general liability for many aspects of their business. Which of the following does not fall under the responsibility of the employer?
Employee safety going to and from the work place-
In a hospital setting a certain standard of care is expected of health care practitioners. Which of the following best describes this concept?
An expected level of performance-
A physician working in an emergency room is obligated to treat all the patients who come through the door. This is an example of which of the following concepts?
Duty of care
A physician treating patients in a long-term care facility determines that a patient has a communicable disease that could cause an outbreak in the facility. The physician works with the administrator of the facility and the public health department to protect other residents and employees from exposure to the disease. Under some state laws, this physician is obligated to protect nonpatients in accordance with which of the following standards?
Duty of care-