Legal Ethics

Question 1

What are medical ethics

Answer 1

Whether actions are right or wrong

Question 2

What are medical laws

Answer 2

where actions are legal or illegal

Question 3

What are healthcare workers supposed to adapt and comply with

Answer 3

the code of ethics

Question 4

What are values

Answer 4

Concepts, ideas, and beliefs that are important to a person

Question 5

What do values influence and reflect

Answer 5

influence your behavior and are a reflection of your ethics

Question 6

What level of medical laws should you follow

Answer 6

federal, state, and local levels

Question 7

What are the two types of privacy invasions

Answer 7

Physical (modesty of a patient) and informational (reveals personal information)

Question 8

What is the patients bill of rights

Answer 8

a list of guarantees for those receiving medical care

Question 9

What is the affordable care act of 2010 includes

Answer 9

a list of patient rights that are now law

Question 10

What are ombudsman

Answer 10

They make sure patients are not abused, and legal rights are protected. they can be a nurse, trained volunteer, or a social worker

Question 11

What are some of the rights in the patient self determination act

Answer 11

right to participate in and direct healthcare decisions, right to accept or refuse medical or surgical treatment, right to prepare an advance directive, right to view information on the facilities policies recognizing advance directives. right to know how the facility educates its staff regarding advance directives

Question 12

What is advance directives

Answer 12

A patient who is given instructions about healthcare decisions for when they are incapacitated

Question 13

What does a durable power of an attorney do

Answer 13

grants another person the authority to make legal decisions for you

Question 14

What is a guardian

Answer 14

a person appointed by court to make decisions to protect the interests of a patient who is mentally or physically incapacitated

Question 15

What is a emancipated minor

Answer 15

a person under 18 who is financially and legally responsible for themselves

Question 16

What is duty of care

Answer 16

an obligation for healthcare workers to take reasonable care to avoid causing harm to a patient

Question 17

What is negligence

Answer 17

Performing an act that a reasonable person would not have done (also mean failing to provide reasonable care)

Question 18

What is reasonable care

Answer 18

legal protection for the healthcare worker if it can be proven that the worker acted reasonably as compared to other members of the profession in a same or similar situation

Question 19

What is arbitration

Answer 19

a method of resolving disputes outside the courtroom

Question 20

What is malpractice

Answer 20

misconduct or lack of skill that results in patient injury

Question 21

can you buy insurance policies to protect against malpractice

Answer 21

yes

Question 22

What is assault and when does it occur

Answer 22

when words or actions make another person fear they may be harmed

Question 23

what is battery

Answer 23

touching a person without permission

Question 24

what is slander and what is libel

Answer 24

slander is verbal defamation and libel is written defamation

Question 25

what is abuse and types of it

Answer 25

any action that results in physical or mental harm like physical, psychological, verbal, and sexual abuse

Question 26

What is reasonable and prudent care

Answer 26

a practitioner of similar qualifications would have performed in the same similar situation

Question 27

what is the statue of limitations

Answer 27

the amount of time during which legal action can be taken about a m atter

Question 28

what is scope of practice

Answer 28

skills that a healthcare worker is trained our allowed to use

Question 29

What does HIPPA privacy rule set

Answer 29

it allows patients rights regarding their health information, including right to examine, and obtain copy of their health records and request correctoins

Question 30

When can doctors release information

Answer 30

when authorities or courts ask for them or if a patient is at risk for immediate harm that can be prevented by releasing information