Medical Office Management - A Flashcards
Right and wrong conduct is known as ________.
ethics
The most common type of medical tort library is ______.
negligence
A person being sued is called the _________.
defendant
The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is _________.
abandonment
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is __________.
assault
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 _______.
reasonable care
Negligence by a professional person is called ______a.
malpractice
An act that violates criminal law is called a _______.
crime
The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called a ______.
breach
The ability to see things from another person’s point of view is ________.
empathy
The time established for filing law suits is ________.
statute of limitations
A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a(n) _____.
subpoena
A wrong committed against another person or the person’s property is a ______.
tort
Holding or detaining a person against his will is _____.
false imprisonment
A violation of a person’s right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is ________.
invasion of privacy
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is _______.
feloney
One who institutes a lawsuit is _______.
plaintiff
A legal statement of how an individual’s property is to be distributed after death is _______.
will
Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is _________.
privileged communication
A rule of conduct made by a government body is _____.
law
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 _____.
negligence
Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is ______.
consent
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is ______.
defamation
An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ______.
contract
Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as ______.
incompetence
The final decision of a court in an action or suit is _____.
judgment
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is _________.
respondeat superior
A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is ________.
non compos mentis
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called a(n) _________.
emancipated minor
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient’s complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called a _________ committee.
medical grievance
Latin for “things done; deeds”; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called _______.
res gestae
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case come to trial is _______.
deposition
A statue that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a _______.
civil law
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called ______.
breach of duty
A deliberate physical attach upon a person is called ______.
battery
Latin for “he who acts through another acts for himself” is called ________.
qui facit per alium facit per se
The branch of study or moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called ______.
bioethics
A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called ______.
expert testimony
A patient’s failure to act prudently and reasonable, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called ________.
contributory negligence
Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called ________.
assumption of risk
Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as _______.
medical etiquette
An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable things belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called __________.
fraud
To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention of resumption at a later date, or to ask for a continuance is called a _________.
suspension
Latin for “things decided” - that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called ________.
res judicata
That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called _________.
proximate cause
The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be explained in terms or ordinary and known experience is called _______.
res ipsa loquitur
Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called ________.
breach of contract
What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?
narcotic
Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in ______.
invasion of privacy
Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as _______.
peer review
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 known as _________ review.
admissions
A fradulent signature is called _______.
forgery
________ are defined as what are right and wrong.
Ethics
Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics?
The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research
A physician must have the patient’s permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following?
gunshot wound
it is ______ to deny treatment to HIV infected patients.
unethical
________ is a federal regulation that required health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients’ health information.
HIPAA
In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for _______>
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The statement “A physician shall respect the law” is a part of the _______.
AMA Code of Principles
Professional negligence is also called _______.
medical malpractice
