Chapter 5 Key Terms

Question 1

Confidentiality

Answer 1

the duty owed by health care providers to protect the privacy of patient information

Question 2

Defamation

Answer 2

the making of a false statement to a third party that is harmful to another’s reputation. Defamatory statements may concern patients, family members, visitors, other employees, or physicians

Question 3

Duty to warn third parties

Answer 3

the obligation to disclose information to third parties to warn them of a risk such as violence or contagious disease

Question 4

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability)

Answer 4

enacted by the federal government to enhance the rights of consumers regarding their access to their records, limit access of others to those records, and improve quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care delivery through a national framework

Question 5

Lie

Answer 5

a falsehood to another who has a reasonable expectation of the truth

Question 6

Place of communication

Answer 6

the environment of the expectation of truth

Question 7

Role of communication

Answer 7

the relationship between the communicators, which may have an impact on the expectation of truth

Question 8

Secret

Answer 8

knowledge a person has a right or obligation to conceal

Question 9

Statutory duty to report

Answer 9

legal obligation to report or variety of medical conditions and incidents, including venereal disease, contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, wounds inflicted by violence, poisonings, industrial accidents, abortions, drug abuse, and abuse of children, elderly people, and people with disabilities

Question 10

Truthfulness

Answer 10

conformity with fact or reality

Question 11

Veracity

Answer 11

the obligation to tell the truth and not to lie or deceive others