Law & Ethics

Question 1

Right and wrong conduct is known as

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Ethics

Question 2

The common type of medical tort liability is

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Negligence

Question 3

A person being sued is called the

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Defendant

Question 4

The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is

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Abandonment

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An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is

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Assault

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The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers. The is called

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Reasonable Care

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Negligence by a professional person is called

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Malpractice

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An act that violates criminal law is called

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Crime

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The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called

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Breach

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The ability to see things from another person’s point of view is

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Empathy

Question 11

The time established for filing law suits is

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Statute of Limitations

Question 12

A writ that’s commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a(n)

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Subpoena

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A wrong committed against another person or the person’s property is a

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Tort

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Holding or detaining a person against his will is

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False Imprisonment

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A violation of a person’s right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is

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Violation of Privacy

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A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is

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Felony

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One who institutes a lawsuit is

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Plaintiff

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A legal statement of how an individual’s property is to be distributed after death is

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Will

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Information given by a patient to medical personal which cannot be disclosed without consent the person who gave it is

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Privileged Communication

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A rule of conduct made by a government body is

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Law

Question 21

Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person’s property is

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Negligence

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Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is

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Consent

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Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is

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Defamation

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An agreement between two or more parties for the doing of some definite thing is

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Contract

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Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as

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Incompetent

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The final decision of a court in an action or suit is

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Judgment

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Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is

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Respondent Superior

Question 28

A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is

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Non Compos Mentis

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A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called

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Emancipated minor

Question 30

AN impartial panel established to listen and investigate patient's complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called a ________ committee.

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Medical Grievance

Question 31

Latin for "things done; deeds"; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called

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Res Gestae

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Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is

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Deposition

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A statue that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a

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Civic Law

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Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called

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Breach of Duty

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A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called

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Battery

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Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself" is called

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Qui facit per alium facit per se

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The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called

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Bioethics

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A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called

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Expert Testimony

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A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called

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Contributory Negligence

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Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called

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Assumption of Risk

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Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as

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Medical Etiquette

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An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called

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Fraud

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To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or resumption at a later date, or to ask for a continuance is called a

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Suspend

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Latin for "things decided" -- that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called

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Res Judicata

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That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called

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Proximate Cause

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The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called

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Res ipsa loquitur

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Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called

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Breach of Contract

Question 48

What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe, or administer controlled substances

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Narcotics

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Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in

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Invasion of Privacy

Question 50

Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as

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Peer Review

Question 51

Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as ______ review

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Admissions

Question 52

A fraudulent signature is called

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Forgery

Question 53

_______ are defined as what are right and wrong

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Laws

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Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics

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The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research

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A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following

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Gunshot wound

Question 56

It is _________ to deny treatment to an HIV infected patients

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Unethical

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___________ is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients' health information

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HIPAA

Question 58

In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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The statement "A physician shall respect the law" is part of the

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AMA Code of Ethics

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Which of these generally results from an act carelessness, without an intent to harm

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Breach of confidentiality