Legal Considerations

Question 1

established and enforced by federal state and local legislature

Answer 1

statutory law

Question 2

issued and enforced by an administrative body on the authority of the legislature or executive branch

Answer 2

administrative law

Question 3

body of law and juristic theory originated, developed, and formulated as an outgrowth of english common law
also known as case law

Answer 3

common law

Question 4

the root of law in the united states is the constitution of the united states

Answer 4

constitutional law

Question 5

states that an employer will be held liable for an employees negligent act
“let the master answer”

Answer 5

respondeat superior

Question 6

hospitals are liable to fulfill directly duties to the patients

Answer 6

doctrine of corporate responsibility

Question 7

each person is responsible for his or her on actions or lack of actions

Answer 7

doctrine of personal liability

Question 8

individuals performing an action are expected to perform that action as would any reasonable person of ordinary prudence

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doctrine of the reasonably prudent man

Question 9

hold that the cause of negligence is obvious

“the act speaks for itself”

Answer 9

res ipsa loquitur

Question 10

a person who is in charge may be held responsible for all of those under his or her supervision

Answer 10

captain of the ship

Question 11

a wrongful act (outside breach of contract) committed against a person or property
most common type of civil law

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tort

Question 12

acts that are not intended to do harm but result in damage to a person or property

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unintentional tort

Question 13

a breach or failure to fulfill the expected standard of care

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negligence

Question 14

the failure to do something that is reasonable person would do or not do

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malpractice

Question 15

requires willful action

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intentional tort

Question 16

an act that causes another person to fear that he or she will be touched in an offensive, insulting, or physically injurious manner without consent or authority to do so

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assault

Question 17

the actual act of harmful or unwarranted or unconsented contact with a person; simply touching without permission

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battery

Question 18

illegal detention of a person without consent and requires: confinement, intent to do so by the perpetrator, lack of consent

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false imprisonment

Question 19

making disparaging remarks concerning a patient or making fun of his or her problem, subsequently causing that patient emotional distress

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intentional infliction of emotional distress

tort of outrage

Question 20

there may have not been intent to injure or distress a patient but the act is voluntary and did

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quasi-intentional tort