Healthcare Prelaw

Question 1

Assault and Battery

Answer 1

crime of threatening a person together with the act of making physical contact w/ them

Question 2

Autonomy

Answer 2

the right/condition of self-government

Question 3

Beneficence

Answer 3

an act of charity, mercy, and kindness with a strong connotation of doing good to others including moral obligations

Question 4

Bioethics

Answer 4

the study of ethical, social, and legal issues that arise in biomedical research

Question 5

Breach of duty

Answer 5

when a person’s conduct fails to meet an applicable standard of care

Question 6

Code of ethics

Answer 6

a guide of principles designed to help professionals conduct business honestly and with integrity

Question 7

Criminal law

Answer 7

system of laws concerned with crimes and the punishment of individuals who commit crimes

Question 8

Defamation of Character

Answer 8

communicating of false messages in order to cause severe harm to another person’s reputation

Question 9

Ethical dilemma

Answer 9

a problem in the decision-making process between two possible options, neither of which is absolutely acceptable from an ethical perspective

Question 10

Ethics

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examines the rational justification for our moral judgments; studies what is morally right or wrong, just or unjust

Question 11

Euthanasia

Answer 11

painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries

Question 12

Healthcare ethics committee

Answer 12

a body of persons established by a hospital or health care institution and assigned to consider, debate, study, take action on, or report on ethical issues that arise in patient care

Question 13

Informed consent

Answer 13

permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of possible risk

Question 14

Living Will

Answer 14

written statement detailing a persons desires regarding their medical treatment

Question 15

Malpractice

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improper, ilegal, or negligent professional activity or treatment, especially by a medical practitioner, lawyer ,or public official

Question 16

Moral judgement

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the evaluation of a certain behavior as good or bad, or as right or wrong.

Question 17

Morality

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principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior

Question 18

Negligence

Answer 18

failure to take proper care in doing something

Question 19

Standard of Care

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treatment that is accepted by medical experts as a proper treatment for a certain type of disease and that is widely used by professional

Question 20

Tort

Answer 20

an act or omission that gives rise to injury or harm to another and amounts to civil wrong for which courts impose liability