Forensics

Question 1

∆ btwn negligence and malpractice?

Answer 1

negligence: practicing below the standard of care
malpractice: act of being negligent as a doctor

Question 2

∆ btwn capacity and competence?

Answer 2

capacity: clinical term; assessed by a physician
competence: legal term; decided by judge

both refer to a patient’s ability to make informed decisions about their treatment

Question 3

What is the Tarasoff duty?

Answer 3

duty to inform - obligation of a physician to report patients who are potentially harmful to others and warn potential victims about the impending threat

Question 4

∆ btwn mental impairment and mental disability

Answer 4

mental impairment - loss or derangement of mental function

mental disability - ∆ in one’s capacity to meet personal, social, or occupational demands due to mental impairment

Question 5

What does NGRI stand for?

Answer 5

not guilty by reason of insanity - if someone is declared legally insane, they are not criminally responsible for their act, but they have to spend the same amount of time or more as involuntary psychiatric patients

Question 6

What is the most important factor in assessing a patient’s risk of violence?

Answer 6

individual’s history of violence