Issues and Trends Test I

Question 1

Prescribe how a person should act in society
* Sanction acceptable behavior and prohibit
unacceptable behavior
* Provide protection for all members of the health
care system

Answer 1

Law

Question 2

• Conduct in issue is offensive to society in general
• Conduct is detrimental to society as a whole
• Involves public offenses (ie, robbery, murder, assault)
• Law’s purpose is to punish for the crime and deter and prevent
  further crimes.

Answer 2

criminal law

Question 3

• Conduct violates a person’s rights
• Conduct is detrimental to that individual
• Involves an offense that is against an individual
• Law’s purpose is to make the aggrieved person
  whole again, to restore them to where they were

Answer 3

civil law

Question 4

two ways laws are established

Answer 4

statutory and common law