Introduction to Law and Ethics

Question 1

Bioethicists

Answer 1

Specialists who consult with physicians, researchers, and others to help them make difficult ethical decisions regarding patient care

Question 2

Bioethics

Answer 2

A discipline dealing with the ethical implications of biological methods and results in medicine

Question 3

Code of ethics

Answer 3

A list of principles intended to govern behavior

Question 4

Critical thinking

Answer 4

Ability to think analytically, rationalizing rather than using emotions

Question 5

Defendant

Answer 5

Person or party the charges are against.

Question 6

ethics

Answer 6

Standards of behavior, one’s concept of right and wrong

Question 7

Ethics committees

Answer 7

individuals who are involved in a patient’s care, reviewing ethical issues

Question 8

Ethics guidelines

Answer 8

principles that explain how one may deal with common ethical situations wisely

Question 9

fraud

Answer 9

dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving or attempting to deprive, another of his or her rights

Question 10

Hippocratic oath

Answer 10

A pledge for physicians, influenced by the practices of Hippocrates

Question 11

Law

Answer 11

Rule of conduct, formally recognized as binding or enforced by an authority

Question 12

Liable

Answer 12

Legally responsible or obligated

Question 13

Litigious

Answer 13

Prone to engage in lawsuits

Question 14

moral values

Answer 14

One’s personal concept of right and wrong, formed through the influence of ones upbringing

Question 15

Plaintiff

Answer 15

The person bringing charges in a lawsuit

Question 16

Precedent

Answer 16

Decisions made by judges in various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases
aka: case law

Question 17

protocol

Answer 17

Code explaining correct behavior in a specific situation

Question 18

Summary judgement

Answer 18

A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial.