HSC&A Chapter 3

Question 1

What is concerned with whether a healthcare worker’s actions are right or wrong?

Answer 1

medical ethics

Question 2

What focuses on whether a healthcare worker’s actions are legal or illegal?

Answer 2

medical law

Question 3

What acts are always unethical?

Answer 3

illegal

Question 4

What is ethical behavior?

Answer 4

the ideal conduct for a certain group of people

Question 5

What are the concepts, ideas, and beliefs that are important to a person?

Answer 5

values

Question 6

What governs the legal conduct of members of the medical profession?

Answer 6

medical law

Question 7

What is another name for civil law?

Answer 7

tort law

Question 8

What are the two types of invasion of privacy?

Answer 8

physical and informational

Question 9

What is the list of guarantees of those receiving medical care?

Answer 9

the Patient’s Bill of Rights

Question 10

When was the Patient Self-Determination Act passed by Congress?

Answer 10

1990

Question 11

What act requires that most healthcare institutions inform patients about their rights at their time of admission?

Answer 11

Patient Self-Determination Act

Question 12

What is the legal document where a patient gives written instructions about healthcare decisions in the event that he or she becomes incapable of making such decisions?

Answer 12

advance directive

Question 13

What document states that CPR or ACLS should not be performed in the event that the patient’s heart stops?

Answer 13

DNR Document (Do Not Resuscitate)

Question 14

What is the legal document that grants another person the legal authority to make legal decisions for you?

Answer 14

Durable Power of Attorney

Question 15

What is the person under 18 years of age who has legally established that they do not live with their parents?

Answer 15

emancipated minor

Question 16

What is the legal obligation for healthcare personnel to take responsible care of a patient to avoid causing harm?

Answer 16

duty of care

Question 17

What is the method or resolving disputes outside the courtroom and does not involve a trial?

Answer 17

arbitration

Question 18

What refers to performing an act that a reasonable person would have not done or not performing an act that a reasonable person would have?

Answer 18

negligence

Question 19

What is another name for medical malpractice?

Answer 19

professional liability

Question 20

What is when a person’s words or actions make another person fear that he or she may be harmed?

Answer 20

assault

Question 21

What refers to touching a person without permission?

Answer 21

battery

Question 22

What is the act of damaging someone’s good name or reputation?

Answer 22

defamation

Question 23

What is the name for verbal defamation?

Answer 23

slander

Question 24

What is the name for written defamation?

Answer 24

libel

Question 25

What refers to any action that results in physical or mental harm?

Answer 25

abuse

Question 26

What refers to the skill and care that healthcare providers must use?

Answer 26

standard of care

Question 27

What includes all the skills that an individual is trained for and allowed to use?

Answer 27

scope of practice

Question 28

Working out of your scope of practice is what?

Answer 28

illegal

Question 29

When was HIPAA passed?

Answer 29

1996

Question 30

When was HIPAA fully enforced?

Answer 30

April of 2003

Question 31

What allows only certain individuals the right to access personal information?

Answer 31

confidentiality

Question 32

What guarantees continuation of healthcare insurance coverage if a person changes jobs?

Answer 32

HIPAA

Question 33

What establishes national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal information?

Answer 33

HIPAA