Law & Ethics Final Flashcards
What are the 7 Cs?
Competence, Compliance, Communication, Courtesy, Confidentiality, Charting, Carefulness
What are the 6 Prima Facie Duties
Fidelity, Justice, Gratitude, Self-improvement, beneficence, nonmaleficence
What are the 7 Principles of Biomedical Ethics?
Autonomy, Beneficence, Confidentiality, Justice, nonmaleficence, Fidelity,Veracity
What are the 3 types of VALUES?
Personal, Cultural, Professional
What is the simplest form of Consequentialism?
Utilitarianism
What are the 4 latin legal terms?
Res Ipsa Loquitur, Res Judicata, Stare Decisis, Respondeat Superior
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Let the thing speak for itself
Res Judicata
The thing is decided
Stare Decisis
Let the decision stand
Respondeat Superior
Let the master respond
The 14th Amendment rights and 1st amendment are examples of which law?
Constitutional Law
In case of negligence, who has the burden of proof?
Plaintiff
What are the 2 elements that must exist for an individual to be convicted of a crime?
Criminal Act & Criminal Intent
What are the 4 obstacles to communication?
Environment, Interruptions, Interpersonal, inability to hear or see
What is the Standard of Care?
Obligation of healthcare professionals to do no harm and a duty to provide reasonable patient care
What are the 4 elements of Negligence?
-A duty was owed,
- A duty was breached,
-breached caused an injury,
-damages
Must all 4 elements of negligence need to be included to have negligence present?
Yes
What is Intentional Tort Law?
It requires willful action.
- The defendants act was intended to interfere with the plaintiff
-Consequences of the act were intended
-The act was a major factor for the consenquences
What is the number 1 cause of deaths in a hospital?
Medical Errors
All of the following make hospitals dangerous except:
Risk Management
No Fun Blow Job applies to BOTH prima facie & biomedical ethics:
Nonmaleficence, Fidelity, Beneficence, Justice
Which of the following is NOT an obstacle to caring?
Lack of quality equipment
Caring involves Initiative
True
Health literacy is
The ability to read, understand, and act on Health care information
Very Few patients you will see have trouble reading.
False
Caring has no relationship in minimizing the risk of litigation
False
What is an Adverse Event?
It includes any of the 28 specific occurrences involving or posing a risk of unexpected death or serious injury.
What are 2 examples of Adverse Event?
Surgery performed on wrong body part/patient/procedure
- Unintended foreign object left inside patient after surgery
Autonomy involves which of the following:
-Informed consent
-The Self
-Patient rights
Is the imaging professional ultimately responsible for the consent process?
NO, the doctor is
The appointed of a person is to make decisions for another is
Surrogate
A consent form may be used in place of explaining the procedure to the patient
False
Assault occurs when the victim is touched without giving consent
False
Paternalism is defined as which of the following?
Father-like (God-like) caretaking
The purpose of a time-out is to:
Conduct a final assessment. Verifying all patient’s identifications, making sure the correct is marked for surgery.
A whistle blower is:
An employee who discloses information to the government or law enforcement
Intentional deviation from policy/procedure becomes:
-widespread
-practiced
-condoned
How does deviance become part of the norm?
-Institutionalization
-socialization
-Rationalization
What are the 3 important aspects of consent?
-Communication
-Law
-Ethics
Intentional deviation from policy procedure become all of the following except:
A new policy
The gradual process through which unacceptable or standards become acceptable is:
The normalization of deviance
Name 2 types of consent:
-Simple
-Informed
Obstacles to autonomy and informed consent include all except:
Communication
Telling a patient “ Your Dr. will give you the results” is an example of:
Professional Customs Rule
Telling a patient there is a 10% chance you will feel pain” is an example of:
Prudent person rule
Telling a patient “it won’t hurt” is an example of which rule?
Patient Preference Rule
Touching to which the victim HAS NOT consented in called:
Battery
Conformance with fact or reality is the definition of:
Truthfulness
The obligation to tell the truth and not lie or deceive other is the definition of :
Veracity
