legal and ethics

Question 1

what is the definition of ethics?

Answer 1

code of moral principles derived from systems of beliefs or values

Question 2

The two classifications of medical laws

Answer 2

civil - monetary

criminal imprisonment

Question 3

when was the Patients bill of rights developed

Answer 3

1970

Question 4

when was the Patients bill of rights reprinted

Answer 4

1976

Question 5

what are the four points to prove negligence

Answer 5

duty, breach of duty, causation,damages

Question 6

what are the three types of cosents

Answer 6

verbal
written
non verbal

Question 7

what is integrity

Answer 7

doing what is right

Question 8

what are the medicolegal terms

Answer 8

negligence malpractice assault battery tort

Question 9

in 1970 the american hospital association developed what

Answer 9

patients bill of rights

Question 10

what is standard of cave

Answer 10

it can result in a suit for malpractice or unintentional tort

Question 11

what is malpractice

Answer 11

unprofessional conduct or unreasonable lack of skill

Question 12

what is negligence

Answer 12

is the failure to act or perform duties in accordance with the standard of the proffession

Question 13

what is duty

Answer 13

there must be an established standard of care and it must be proved that it was not followed

Question 14

what is breach of duty

Answer 14

failure to comply with the standard of care

Question 15

what is causation

Answer 15

there must be a direct line between conduct to injury suffered

Question 16

what is damages

Answer 16

injury or loss must have have occurred to the plantiff and caused by a breach of the

Question 17

what is assault

Answer 17

is the attempt to touch

Question 18

what is battery

Answer 18

is the intent to harm or injure

Question 19

what is intentional tort

Answer 19

damages caused by defamation breaking confidentiality or slander

Question 20

what is national committe for clinical laboratory standards

Answer 20

mandatory standards set by the federal state and local laws

Question 21

when a physician abandons a pt it is an offence under what type of law

Answer 21

civil

Question 22

pts of which religion preference would probably refuse blood

Answer 22

christian scientists

Question 23

hippa protects which pts rights

Answer 23

confidentiality

Question 24

what expression describes that the physician is liable for behavior of the medical assistant

Answer 24

A res ipsa loquitur

Question 25

if a medical assistant is sued in court, the standard of care to which he or she would be compared would be that of a

Answer 25

prudent medical assistant

Question 26

what must be documented in writing before undergoing surgery

Answer 26

informed consent

Question 27

injecting medication into someone without consent in an example of what

Answer 27

battery