HSC and A Chapter 3 Flashcards
What is concerned with whether a healthcare worker’s actions are right or wrong?
medical ethics
What focuses on whether a healthcare workers actions are legal or illegal?
medical law
What acts are always unethical?
illegal
What is ethical behavior?
the idea conduct for a certain group
What are the concepts, ideas that are important to a person?
values
What governs the legal conduct of members of medical profession?
medical law
What is another name for civil law?
tort law
What are the two types of invasion of privacy?
physical and informational
What is the list of guarantees of those receiving medical care?
Patient’s Bill of rights
Who is the individual who ensures that patients are not abused and their legal rights are protected?
obudsman
When was the Patient Self Determination Act passed by Congress?
1990
What act requires that most healthcare institutions inform patients about their rights at the right time of admission?
Patient Self - determination act
What is the legal document where a patient gives written instructions about healthcare decisions in the event that he becomes incapable of making such in the future
advanced directive
What is document that states that CPR and ACLS should not be performed in the event that the patient’s heart stops?
DNR ( Do not resuscitate)
What is the legal document that grants another person the legal authority to make legal decisions for you?
duruable power of attorney
What is a person under 18 years of age who had legally established that they do not live with their parents?
emancipated minor
What is the legal obligation for healthcare personnel to take reasonable care of a patient to avoid causing harm?
duty of care
What refers to performin an act that a reasonable person would have not done?
negligence
What is the method of resolving disputes outside the courtroom and does not involve trial?
arbitration
What is another name for medical malpractice?
professional liability
What is when a person’s words and actions make another person fear that they might be harmed?
assualt
What refers to touching person without permission?
battery
What is the act of damaging someone’s good name or reputation?
defamation
What is the name for verbal defamation>
slander
What is a name for written defamation?
libel
What refers to any action that results in physical and mental harm?
abuse
What refers to the skill and care that healthcare providers must use?
standard of care
What includes all the skills that an individual is trained for and allowed to use?
scope of practice
Working outside your scope of practice is what?
illegal
When was HIPPA passed?
1996
When was HIPPA fully enforced?
april of 2003
What allows only certain individuals the right to access personal infromational?
confidentiality
What gurantees continuation of healtchare insurance coverage is a person’s job changes?
HIPPA
What established national standards to protect individual’s medical record and other personal information?
HIPPA
