Law and Ethics

Question 1

What is Criminal law?

Answer 1

Laws that deal with crimes and their punishments

Question 2

Misdemeanor

Answer 2

An offense that is considered less serious than a felony and carries lesser penalties, usually a fine or imprisonment for less than 1 year

Question 3

Felony

Answer 3

More serious than a misdemeanor, conviction usually requires imprisonment in a penitentiary for longer than 1 year

Question 4

Assault

Answer 4

Crime of trying or threatening to hurt someone physically

Question 5

Battery

Answer 5

Intentional touching or using force in a harmful manner, without the person’s consent

Question 6

Plaintiff

Answer 6

Person who files a lawsuit initiating legal action

Question 7

Defendant

Answer 7

Person who is being sued or accused of a crime in a court of law

Question 8

Subpoena

Answer 8

Written order that commands someone to appear in court to give evidence

Question 9

Deposition

Answer 9

Formal statement that someone who has promised to tell the truth makes so that the statement can be used in court

Question 10

Civil law

Answer 10

Laws that deal with the rights of people rather than crimes

Question 11

Contract

Answer 11

Legal agreement between 2 or more parties (ex: people, companies)

Question 12

Breach

Answer 12

Infraction or violation of a law, obligation, or standard

Question 13

Negligence

Answer 13

Failure to do something that a reasonably prudent individual would do under similar circumstances

Question 14

Administrative law

Answer 14

Body of law in the form of decisions, rules, regulations, and orders created by administrative agencies under the direction of the executive branch of government, used to carry out the duties of such agencies.

Question 15

Litigation

Answer 15

Lawsuit that determines the legal rights of the person or party

Question 16

Tort law

Answer 16

Action that wrongly causes harm to someone but is not a crime and is dealt with in civil court.

Question 17

Intentional torts

Answer 17

An intentionally wrongful act by a person who means to cause harm, or is reasonably certain that harm will result from the act

Question 18

Slander

Answer 18

Verbal defamation

To make a false statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone

Question 19

Libel

Answer 19

Written defamation
False accusation that is made with malicious intent to hurt the reputation of a person who is living or the memory of a person who is dead, resulting in public embarrassment, contempt, ridicule, or hatred

Question 20

Res ipsa loquitur

Answer 20

“It speaks for itself”
Negligence is obvious
Ex: finding an instrument inside the patient following a surgical procedure

Question 21

Respondeat superior

Answer 21

States the employer is liable for the wrong of an employee

Question 22

Malfeasance

Answer 22

Performance of an unlawful, wrongful act

Ex: performing a procedure on the wrong patient

Question 23

Misfeasance

Answer 23

Performance of a lawful action in an illegal/improper manner

Ex: performing the procedure on the correct patient, but doing so incorrectly.

Question 24

Nonfeasance

Answer 24

Failure to perform a task that one has agreed to perform or has a legal duty to perform
Ex: waiting to treat a patient until its too late

Question 25

What does fraudulent mean?

Answer 25

Relating to actions that purposely intend to deceive.

Question 26

Informed consent

Answer 26

Clear, and voluntary indication of preference or choice, usually written or oral

Question 27

Implied consent

Answer 27

Voluntary agreement with an action proposed by another

Ex: patient rolling up sleeves to give blood

Question 28

What is the Hippocratix Oath?

Answer 28

An oath doctor’s recite during their graduation ceremony from medical school

Question 29

What is a MOLST

Answer 29

A medical document that specifies which treatments will be allowed during end-of-life care