Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

Question 1

Ethics

Answer 1

Set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong

Question 2

Civil law

Answer 2

Focuses on the legal relationships between people and the protection of a person’s rights

Question 3

Tort

Answer 3

A wrongful act that does not involve a contract
Legally speaking, a tort occurs when a medical professional acts in a negligent manner and injures someone in their care. A tort is different from a criminal act. For example, if a medical technician injects poison into a patient’s veins that is a criminal act…not a tort.

Question 4

Informed consent

Answer 4

Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and who has been instructed, in terms the person can understand, about all the risks involved

Question 5

the three components of a
contract

Answer 5

Offer
Acceptance
Consideration

Question 6

living will

Answer 6

Documents that allow individuals to state what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when their conditions are terminal

Question 7

Scope of practice

Answer 7

The procedures, processes and actions that health care providers are legally permitted to perform in keeping with the terms of their professional license

Question 8

expressed contents

Answer 8

Stated in distinct and clear language, either orally or in writing

Question 9

False imprisonment

Answer 9

Restraining an individual or restricting an individual’s freedom without authorization

Question 10

health records were considered
privileged communication

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Assault

Answer 11

Any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish

Question 12

Ethical dilemma

Answer 12

a situation where a choice has to be made between competing values, and no matter what choice is made, it will have consequences

Question 13

Criminal law

Answer 13

Focuses on behavior known as crime; deals with the wrongs against a person, property, or society