Medical Office Management - A

Question 1

Right and wrong conduct is known as ________.

Answer 1

ethics

Question 2

The most common type of medical tort library is ______.

Answer 2

negligence

Question 3

A person being sued is called the _________.

Answer 3

defendant

Question 4

The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is _________.

Answer 4

abandonment

Question 5

An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is __________.

Answer 5

assault

Question 6

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 _______.

Answer 6

reasonable care

Question 7

Negligence by a professional person is called ______a.

Answer 7

malpractice

Question 8

An act that violates criminal law is called a _______.

Answer 8

crime

Question 9

The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called a ______.

Answer 9

breach

Question 10

The ability to see things from another person’s point of view is ________.

Answer 10

empathy

Question 11

The time established for filing law suits is ________.

Answer 11

statute of limitations

Question 12

A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a(n) _____.

Answer 12

subpoena

Question 13

A wrong committed against another person or the person’s property is a ______.

Answer 13

tort

Question 14

Holding or detaining a person against his will is _____.

Answer 14

false imprisonment

Question 15

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 ________.

Answer 15

invasion of privacy

Question 16

A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is _______.

Answer 16

feloney

Question 17

One who institutes a lawsuit is _______.

Answer 17

plaintiff

Question 18

A legal statement of how an individual’s property is to be distributed after death is _______.

Answer 18

will

Question 19

Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is _________.

Answer 19

privileged communication

Question 20

A rule of conduct made by a government body is _____.

Answer 20

law

Question 21

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 _____.

Answer 21

negligence

Question 22

Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is ______.

Answer 22

consent

Question 23

Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is ______.

Answer 23

defamation

Question 24

An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is ______.

Answer 24

contract

Question 25

Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as ______.

Answer 25

incompetence

Question 26

The final decision of a court in an action or suit is _____.

Answer 26

judgment

Question 27

Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is _________.

Answer 27

respondeat superior

Question 28

A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is ________.

Answer 28

non compos mentis

Question 29

A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called a(n) _________.

Answer 29

emancipated minor

Question 30

An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient’s complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called a _________ committee.

Answer 30

medical grievance

Question 31

Latin for “things done; deeds”; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called _______.

Answer 31

res gestae

Question 32

Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case come to trial is _______.

Answer 32

deposition

Question 33

A statue that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a _______.

Answer 33

civil law

Question 34

Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called ______.

Answer 34

breach of duty

Question 35

A deliberate physical attach upon a person is called ______.

Answer 35

battery

Question 36

Latin for “he who acts through another acts for himself” is called ________.

Answer 36

qui facit per alium facit per se

Question 37

The branch of study or moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called ______.

Answer 37

bioethics

Question 38

A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called ______.

Answer 38

expert testimony

Question 39

A patient’s failure to act prudently and reasonable, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called ________.

Answer 39

contributory negligence

Question 40

Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called ________.

Answer 40

assumption of risk

Question 41

Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as _______.

Answer 41

medical etiquette

Question 42

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 __________.

Answer 42

fraud

Question 43

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 _________.

Answer 43

suspension

Question 44

Latin for “things decided” - that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called ________.

Answer 44

res judicata

Question 45

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 _________.

Answer 45

proximate cause

Question 46

The presumption or inference of negligence when an accident is otherwise unable to be explained in terms or ordinary and known experience is called _______.

Answer 46

res ipsa loquitur

Question 47

Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called ________.

Answer 47

breach of contract

Question 48

What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?

Answer 48

narcotic

Question 49

Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in ______.

Answer 49

invasion of privacy

Question 50

Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as _______.

Answer 50

peer review

Question 51

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.

Answer 51

admissions

Question 52

A fradulent signature is called _______.

Answer 52

forgery

Question 53

________ are defined as what are right and wrong.

Answer 53

Ethics

Question 54

Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics?

Answer 54

The use of fetal tissue transplantation for research

Question 55

A physician must have the patient’s permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following?

Answer 55

gunshot wound

Question 56

it is ______ to deny treatment to HIV infected patients.

Answer 56

unethical

Question 57

________ is a federal regulation that required health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients’ health information.

Answer 57

HIPAA

Question 58

In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for _______>

Answer 58

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 59

The statement “A physician shall respect the law” is a part of the _______.

Answer 59

AMA Code of Principles

Question 60

Professional negligence is also called _______.

Answer 60

medical malpractice