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Right and wrong conduct is known as?
A. empathy
B. criminal law
C. ethics
D. licensure

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C. Ethics.

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The most common type of medical tort liability is?
A. negligence
B. breach of contract
C. breach of confidence
D. fraud and deceit

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A. Negligence.

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The withdraw of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable discharge from the case by the patient is?
A. plaintiff
B. tort
C. defendant
D. criminal law

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C. Defendant

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The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is __________ ?
A. contract
B. reasonable care
C. negligence
D. abandonment

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D. abandonment

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An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is __________?
A. litigation
B. assault
C. crime
D. libel

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B. assault

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The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers. This is called______________?
A. respondent superior
B. reasonable care
C. duty of care
D. statute

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B. Reasonable Care.

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Negligence by a professional person is called?
A. invasion of privacy
B. slander
C. malpractice
D. tort

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C. Malpractice.

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An act that violates criminal law is called?
A. defamation
B. crime
C. libel
D. slander

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B. crime.

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The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called?
A. statute
B. breach
C. consent
D. incompetent

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B. Breach

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The ability to see things from another persons point of view is?
A. consent
B. respondeat superior
C. empathy
D. ethics

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C. Empathy

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The time established for filing law suits is?
A. civil law
B. statute of limitations
C. contract
D. no answers are correct

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B. Statute of limitations

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A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony?
A. habeas corpus
B. tort of appearance
C. subpoena
D. tort et a travers

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C. subpoena.

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A wrong committed against another person or persons property is a ___________?
A. defamation
B. libel
C. tort
D. plaintiff

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C. Tort.

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Holding or detaining a person against his will is?
A. false imprisonment
B. crime
C. incompetent
D. duty of care

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A. False imprisonment.

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A violation of a persons right to not have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is __________________?
A. false imprisonment
B. malpractice
C. invasion of privacy
D. statute

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C. Invasion of privacy.

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A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is ____________________?
A. licensure
B. civil law
C. tort
D. felony

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D. felony

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One who institutes a lawsuit is ___________
A. defendant
B. plaintiff
C. litigation
D. respndeat superior

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B. plaintiff

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A legal statement of how an individual’s property is to be distributed after death is ___________
A. contract
B. tort
C. will
D. judgement

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C. will

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information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is___________
A. duty of care
B. respondant superior
C. judgement
D. privileged communication

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D. privileged communication

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A rule of conduct made by government body is ____________
A. tort
B. law
C. will
D. contract

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B. law

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failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person’s property is _________
A. malpractice
B. negligence
C. slander
D. defamation

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B. negligence

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permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is ________
A. consent
B. litigation
C. breach
D. duty of care

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A. consent

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injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is _________
A. empathy
B. negligence
C. defamation
D. ethics

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C. defamation

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An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ______________
A. contract
B. litigation
C. statute
D. felony

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A. contract

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Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as __________
A. breach of duty
B. abandonment
C. competence
D. incompetence

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D. incompetence

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the final decision of a court in an action or suit is __________
A. consent
B. contract
C. judgement
D. licensure

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C. judgement

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responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is _________
A. libel
B. malpractice
C. respondent superior
D. civil law

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C. respondent superior

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A Latin term signifying that a person is not sound of mind is ________
A. res gestae
B. non compos mentis
C. res judicata
D. tecum

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B. non compos mentis

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a person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called a ___________
A. emancipated minor
B. plaintiff
C. defendant
D. tort

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A. emancipated minor

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An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient’s complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called a _________ committee.
A. medical ethics
B. medical grievance
C. civil law
D. no correct answer

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B. medical grievance

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Latin for “things done; deeds”; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question woul dbe called _____________
A. res gestae
B. locum tenems
C. tecum
D. no answer correct

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A. res gestae

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testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is ____________
A. deposition
B. citation
C. warrant
D. expert testimony

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A. deposition

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A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from civil law is called a __________
A. statute of limitations
B. civil law
C. medical arbitration
D. no correct answer

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B. civil law

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violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called _________
A. negligence
B. breach of duty
C. defamation
D. malpractice

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B. breach of duty

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a deiberate physical attack upon a person is called ______
A. assault
B. battery
C. slander
D. contributary negligence

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B. battery

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Latin for “he who acts through another acts for himself” is called___________
A. res gestae
B. qui facit per alium facit per se
C. locum tenems
D. no correct answer

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B. qui facit per alium facit per se

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the branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called __________
A. bioethics
B. litigation
C. philosophy
D. privileged communication

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A. bioethics

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a statement given concerning some scientific, techihncal, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called _____________
A. litigation
B. expert testimony
C. medical arbitration
D. burden of proof

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B. expert testimony

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a patient’s failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called __________
A. breach of duty
B. assumption of risk
C. contributory negligence
D. no correct answer

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C. contributory negligence

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consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called ___________
A. contributory negligence
B. fraud
C. assumption of risk
D. proximate cause

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C. assumption of risk

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conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical proffesionals are known as _________
A. ethics
B. moral therapy
C. precocity
D. medical etiquette

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D. medical etiquette

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an intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called ____________
A. fraud
B. negligence
C. assumption of risk
D. contributory negligence

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A. fraud

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to interrupt or discontinue a suit temorarily with the intention or resumption at a later date, or to ask for a continuance is called a __________
A. suspension
B. judgement
C. civil law
D. deposition

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A. suspension

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Latin for “things decided” —that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called _____________
A. res judicata
B. respondeat superior
C. locum tenems
D. no correct answer

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A. res judicata

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that which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occured is called ___________
A. negligence
B. proximate cause
C. assumption of risk
D. assault

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B. proximate cause

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the presumption of inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called ___________
A. res judicata
B. res ispa loquitur
C. locum tenems
D. res gestae

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B. res ispa loquitur

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failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called ___________
A. breach of contract
B. negligence
C. proximate cause
D. ethics

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A. breach of contract

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what license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?
A. lawyers
B. narcotics
C. business
D. occupational

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B. narcotics

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unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in _____________
A. civil law liabilty
B. medical liability
C. invasion of privacy
D. defamation of character

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C. invasion of privacy

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medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as _________
A. professional review
B. hospital review
C. peer review
D. promethium review

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C. peer review

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Under the peer review improvement act of 1982, peer review organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process knows as __________ review.
A. procedure
B. admissions
C. cost
D. quality

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B. admissions

52
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A fraudulent signature is called __________
A. endorsement
B. forgery
C. fraud
D. forbearance

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B forgery

53
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__________ are defined as what are right and wrong.
A. rules
B. ethics
C. laws
D. guidelines

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B. ethics

54
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which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics?
A. reporting physical, emotional or mental abuse
B. treating a 16 year old girl who is pregnant without parental consent
C. the use of fetal tissue transplantation for research
D. reporting to the authorities a suicidal patient

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C. the use of fetal tissue transplantation for research

55
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a physician must have the patient’s permission in writing to reveal any confidental information except for which one of the following?
A. gunshot wound
B. anorexia
C. drug addiction
D. pregnancy

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A. gunshot wound

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it is ________ to deny treatment to HIV infected patients.
A. illegal
B. moral
C. unethical
D. ethical

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C. unethical

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_________ is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients health information.
A. OSHA
B. CLIA
C. CMS
D. HIPPA

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D. HIPPA

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in the health care field the acronym HIPPA stands for ________
A. Health Information Adjustment Association
B. History Inquiry of Professional Assertive Assistance
C. Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act
Health Inquiry for Permission of Accountability Association

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C. Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act

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the statement “ A physician shall respect the law” is part of the __________
A. AAMA code of ethics
B. AMA code of principles
C. preamble to the constitiution og the United States
D. AMA Code of Ethics

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D. AMA Code of Ethics

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professional negligence is also called __________
A. assumption of risk
B. dereliction of duty
C. res ispa loquitur
D. medical malpractice

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D. medical malpractice

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