legal and medical ethics

Question 1

criminal law

Answer 1

“crime”, deals with wrongs against a person, property, or society

Question 2

civil law

Answer 2

legal relationship between people and the protection of a person’s rights

Question 3

tort

Answer 3

wrongful act that does not involve a contract. It occurs when a person is harmed/injured because health care provider does not meet established or expected standards of care

Question 4

malpractice

Answer 4

physician is involved in an act they are not qualified to perform

Question 5

Negligence

Answer 5

legal claim or lawsuit towards someone when they FAIL to do something they were supposed to

Question 6

False Imprisonment

Answer 6

wrongfully keeping someone imprisoned by using restraints such as physically or chemically without consent

Question 7

Assault

Answer 7

the threat to harm someone

Question 8

Battery

Answer 8

Physical offence such as shoving someone

Question 9

Defamation

Answer 9

written or verbal accusation to harm a person’s reputation when the claim is untrue

Question 10

Libel

Answer 10

written accusation

Question 11

Slander

Answer 11

vocal accusation

Question 12

Invasion of privacy

Answer 12

privacy is breached in a physical or informational way

Question 13

Abuse

Answer 13

harming someone repetitively

Question 14

4 types of abuse

Answer 14

physical, verbal, physiological, sexual

Question 15

physical

Answer 15

injury using bodily conduct

Question 16

verbal

Answer 16

yelling or using words to cause harm

Question 17

physcological

Answer 17

mentally harming someone

Question 18

sexual

Answer 18

forcing someone to engage in a sexual act without consent

Question 19

reasons to break patient confidentiality to report an incident

Answer 19

-births/deaths
-injuries caused by violence
-abuse or neglect
-communicable disease or STIs that pose as a risk to the community

Question 20

Patient rights

Answer 20

-right to considerate care
-right to confidentiality
-right to refuse treatment
-right to examine medical bill

Question 21

HIPAA

Answer 21

health insurance portability and accountability act

Question 22

HIPAA privacy standards

Answer 22

-inform patients of how health info. is being used
-sign consent acknowledging they understand info
-authorize release of info
-right to see or obtain copies of their medical records “patient portals”
-file complaint against any provider