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MC Ch. 7 Flashcards

1
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Professional sonographers must be

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Aware of the legal and ethical issues associated with patient care.
Patient rights
Professional Accountability- resposibility for events for which one may have to give a judicial explanation
Laws- rules of conduct enforces be a controlling authority

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2
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Goal of medical law

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Is to protect people, correct injustice and compensate for injury

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3
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The underpinnings (strengthening’s) of the law are:

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Concern for justice and fairness
Need for laws to be pliable (flexible)
Similar standards of performance
Individual rights and responsibilities

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4
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Inherent human desire to do good and to avoid evil

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Natural law

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5
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Effect the individual rather than society as a whole

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Civil law

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6
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Enforced by the fed/state legislatures to uphold social order and to protect the rights of individuals
Freedom of choice
Legal rights
Moral rights

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Statuatory law

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7
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Enacted by agencies under government auspices (protection) such as OSHA

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Administrative law

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8
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Court-made law based on custom and usage

*Malpractice law suits

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Common law

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9
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Intentional or unintentional wrongful acts resulting in injury to person or property

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Torts

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  • Assault
  • Battery
  • Confidentiality
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Intentional Tort

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11
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Inflicting/ threatening physical injury through force or violence

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Assault

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12
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Unlawful touching of another with or without injury

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Battery

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13
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HIPAA

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Confidentiality

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14
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  • Negligence
  • Duty
  • Breach
  • Harm
  • Causation
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Unintentional Torts

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15
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Most common, failure to use reasonable care (medical malpractice)

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Negligence

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16
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Standard of care

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Duty

17
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Failure to meet standard of care

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Breach

18
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Injury suffered by patient

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Harm

19
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Failure of patients care was actual cause of injury

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Causation

20
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Expert witness is required to

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Establish standard of care

21
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Right to prevent unauthorized contact with his or her person

  • written
  • verbal
  • implied
  • Exception is in emergency situations
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Informed consent

22
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Legal responsibility for the consequences of one’s actions-negligence of based on 5 doctrines of liability

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Liability

23
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Let the master answer - sonographers employer can be held liable as long as the sonographer is acting within scope of practice (doctrine of liability)

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Master-servant (respondeat superior)

24
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Atternding physicians held liable; no longer used (doctrine of liability)

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Borrowed servant (captain of the ship)

25
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Hospital held reponsible if sonographer is a contractor or independent agent

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Ostensible agency

26
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(the thing that speaks for itself) a rule of evidence

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Res ipsa loquitur

27
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The illegal detention of a person without consent

  • use of restraints
  • use of verbal threats
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False imprisonment

28
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  • Chaperones
  • Policy and procedure manuals
  • Scope of practice
  • Malpractice insurance-occurrence vs. claims-made policies
  • Guidelines-performance, assistance, record keeping, knowledge of state laws
  • Alternatives to malpractice litigation-risk management programs and QA progams
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Protection against lawsuits

29
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Sonographers best friend

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Documentation

30
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Used in event that a patient suffers injuries while in your care

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Incident report

31
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  • Supoenas- requires witness to appear and testify
  • Depositions
  • Testifying
  • Expert witnesses
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Being called as a witness

32
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  • Abortion
  • Recording OB exams
  • Non diagnostic use of ultrasound
  • Confidentiality
  • Competency
  • Professional Disclosure
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Ethical dilemmas

33
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Practice in a safe, ethical and competent manner

  • Explain procedure and what you expect of patient
  • Work with care to avoid causing injury
  • Question any abnormal instructions
  • Maintain accurate records/ documents
  • Do not perform procedures you were not taught
  • Do not fail to meet the standard of care
  • Do not contribute to injury
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Safe and sound sonography goals

34
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  • Deontology
  • Teleology
  • Beneficence
  • Nonmaleficence
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Basic concepts of ethics

35
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Study of duty, moral obligation, and taking the right action

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Deontology

36
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Study of evidence of design and purpose of nature

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Teleology

37
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Duty to promote good

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Beneficence

38
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Above all do no harm

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Nonmaleficence

39
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  • Identify the problem
  • Gather pertinent information
  • Identify solutions
  • Evaluate consequences
  • Make decision
  • Act on decision
  • Evaluate results
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Ethical decision making

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