LEGALMED Pearlets Flashcards
Stomach, bowel floatation test
BRESLAU TEST
Determines chloride content of blood in the right & left ventricles
GETTLER TEST
Requires that victim is virgin
QUALIFIED SEDUCTION
An act of omission which amounts to want of care on the part of complainant, which concurring with the defendant’s negligence is the proximate cause of the injury
DOCTRINE OF CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
MD after prolonged treatment, failed to investigate nonresponse
DOCTRINE OF CONTINUING NEGLIGENCE
MD ignores an early warning with regards to treatment of the patient resulting to harm
DOCTRINE OF CONTINUING NEGLIGENCE
Nature of the wrongful act is suggestive of negligence
RES IPSA LOQUITOR
Pathologist, Radiologist, & Anesthesiologist considered employee of the hospital
DOCTRINE OF OSTENSIBLE AGENT
Handles all administrative cases filed against doctors including malpractice cases
PRC via the Board of Medicine
Person died as result of communicable disease and unembalmed, he should be buried within:
12 HOURS
Person who died with NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE should be buried within:
48 hours
Children born by void/voidable marriages
NATURAL BY LEGAL FICTION
Natural children acknowledged by father or mother separately
NATURAL CHILD BY PRESUMPTION
Children born outside a lawful wedlock
NATURAL CHILDREN
Illegitimate children who are not considered natural (incestuous, adulterous, sacrilegious, manceres)
SPURIOUS CHILDREN
Confidentiality of information may be breached when:
Disclosure is necessary to serve the best interest of justice and public safety
Physician can only proceed with a procedure WITHOUT CONSENT when:
In ACUTE EMERGENCIES: no enough time for informed consent and patient’s life is at stake
Misbehaviour inside the courtroom may be punished by:
DIRECT CONTEMPT
Refusing to attend court after a subpoena has been issued, without a valid reason
INDIRECT CONTEMPT
Can lead to formation of tophaceous gout
CHRONIC LEAD POISONING
Application of ligature around the base of a finger with moderate tightness
MAGNUS TEST
Fingers are spread wide and fingers are viewed through a strong light
DIAPHANOUS TEST
Test used to determine if blood is human or not
TEICHMANN’S TEST
Offended party in a rape may be any person of any gender
RA 8353
Mandates all doctors to report all cases of less serious and serious physical injuries
PD 169
ANTI CHILD ABUSE LAW: mandates doctors to report all cases within 48 hours from knowledge
PD 603/RA 7610
Gives former Filipino doctors right to practice in the Philippines again, without revoking their current citizenship
PD 541
Evidence made known or addressed to the senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch) of the court
AUTOPTIC/REAL EVIDENCE
Giving a testimony on matters that the witness perceived
TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE
Bones used to identify sex:
PELVIS, SKULL, STERNUM, HUMERUS & FEMUR
Bones used to estimate height:
FEMUR, HUMERUS, TIBIA, RADIUS
Characteristics of Menstrual Blood
- Do not clot 2. Acidic in reaction 3. Presence of vaginal epithelial cells 4. Numerous Doderlein’s Bacillus
Patient aware that physician was drunk yet he allowed doctor to inject him
RES IPSA LOQUITOR
Charateristics of a person not easily changed
SPEECH, GAIT, & MANNERISM
Art of identification of fingerprints by comparison
DACTYLOSCOPY
Chemical test used to determine if stain is of blood origin or not
BENZIDINE TEST
When body surface of corpse is pressed, it leaves a flattened area due to:
LOSS OF ELASTICITY OF SKIN
A physician must appear in response to a subpoena of his place of residence is how many kilometers from the court issuing the subpoena?
<50 kilometers
For a child to be LEGITIMATE, he must be born in a lawful wedlock or within these number of days after the dissolution of marriage:
300 days
Comprehensive study of a dead body performed by a trained physician employing recognized procedures and techniques
AUTOPSY
Cases when trauma or disease kill quickly that there is no opportunity for sequel or complication to develop
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF DEATH
It parents are type A and type B, which of the following would be the blood group of their children?
A, B, AB & O
Characteristics of Human Hair
- Fine grains of air network 2. Invisible hair cells even without treatment with water 3. Cortex looks like thick muff 4. Thick scales not protruding
Statement made by a dying patient to the attending physician in reference to perwons who inflicted injury on him
DYING DECLARATION
Prerequisite of Practicing Medicine in the Philippines
- Passed board exam 2. Holder of valid certificate of registration 3. At least 21 yrs of age 4. Not convicted of any offense involving moral torpitude
Measure by time and space provided by a physician and not by the quality and quantity of medical services rendered
RETAINER FEE
Principle applied when medical fee is not specified
ASSUMPSIT ON QUANTHUM MERIT
When can confidentiality of information in a doctor-patient relationship be breached
WHEN DISCLOSURE IS NECESSARY TO SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF JUSTICE
Burden of proof to convict a physician for CRIMINAL malpractice
PROOF BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
When a surgeon operates on the patient without consent, this constitutes an assault and even without proof of injury resulting, the plaintiff may recover what type of damages
NOMINAL
On autopsy, prominent superficial veins with reddish discoloration on a patient is called
MARBOLIZATION
If you are entertaining suicide in a patient, you should find
HESITATION CUTS or TENTATIVE INCISIONS
This finding is not consistent and may or may not appear on a person who died
CADAVERIC SPASM
In Ballistics, this transforms mechanical energy by the hit of the firing pin on the percussion cap to chemical energy
PRIMER
Head injury found on areas of the skull offering the least protection
LOCUS MINORIS RESISTENCIA
Test for presence of powder residues on clothing
WALKER’S TEST
Bumper-fracture of the leg bone in a car accident hitting the victim on his leg
PRIMARY IMPACT
A man was hit by a truck in his legs and was thrown 10 feet away. The resulting abrasions, contusions and lacerations is called
SECONDARY IMPACT
Absence of smoke, soiling, burning, or powder tattooing is suggestive of
LONG-RANGE WOUND
Adding amount of payment depending on the level of satisfactory result of treatment and is UNETHICAL
CONTINGENT FEE
Test done to prove live birth by allowing fetal lungs to float in water
HYDROSTATIC TEST/FODERE’S TEST
In case of natural death, (wihout any suspicion of foul play and cause of death is certainly from natural cause), certificate of death should be provided within
48 HOURS
Study of licensure laws, regulatory laws, and physician-patient relationship
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
A fiduciary physician-patient relationship is based on
MUTUAL TRUST
Branch of medicine which deals with application of medical knowledge to the purpose of the law and administration of justice
LEGAL MEDICINE
Application of medical science to elucidate legal problems
FORENSIC MEDICINE
Type of medical evidence which is addressed to the senses of the court
AUTOPIC EVIDENCE
Most efficient method of evidence presevation
PHOTOGRAPHS
Truth serum is composed of
HYOSCINE HYOBROMIDE
Expressed admission of guilt in a criminal case
CONFESSION
Almond eyes, pale complexion, prominent cheekbones
MONGOLIAN FACIES
Verbal, accurate and picturesque description of the person identified
PORTRAIT PARLE (equivalent of MuG Shot)
Art and study of recording fingerprint as a means of identification
DACTYLOGRAPHY
Instance wherein it is required to do autopsy
VIOLENCE, ACCIDENTS, SUICIDE
Born out of lawful wedlock
ILLEGITIMATE
Law prescribing the manner of enforcing legal rights and claims
REMEDIAL LAW
Laws not enforced by the state
NATURAL LAW, DIVINE LAW, MORAL LAW