Morals, Ethics, Laws and Rights Test 1

Question 1

What are Morals, and Ethics?

Answer 1

Morals- Dictated from the inner conscious

Ethics- Rules of conduct, dictates by the individual

Question 2

Law:

Answer 2

Man-made rules and regulations

Question 3

Rights:

Answer 3

A claim an individual has supported by law

Question 4

Intentional Torts are:

Answer 4

• Civil Assault
• Civil Battery
• False Imprisonment (Ex. restraints, using a brat board to restrain a child without first explaining to parents)
• Libel (written defamation of character) and Slander (oral defamation of character)
• Invasion of privacy (breach of confidentiality, touching a patients body improperly, unnecessary exposure)

Question 5

What is assault?

Answer 5

Performing or threatening to perform intentional injury for bodily harm to another

Question 6

What is battery?
Give an example.

Answer 6

• Touching a person without permission

Ex. Taking a radiograph against the patients will or radiographing the wrong patient

Question 7

How can you prevent accusations of assault and battery?

Answer 7

• Explain the examination fully
• Check identification prior to beginning

Question 8

What is contributory negligence?

Answer 8

Patient contributed to injury

Question 9

What is Comparative Negligence?

Answer 9

The fault of patient and radiographer are equal

(Both at fault)

Question 10

Assumption of risk:

Answer 10

Patient recognized the danger ahead of time

Question 11

What three factors must be established to prove malpractice?

Answer 11

1) Patient sustained some loss, damage, or injury

2) The person or institution is being sued is the party at fault

3) The loss is attributable to negligence or improper practice

Question 12

What is an informed consent?

Answer 12

Patient has the right to know and participate in his/her own health care

• Patient must be informed of:
  1) Nature of the treatment/procedure
  2) Any risk, complications, expected benefits or effects of treatment
  3) Any alternatives to the procedure and their risks and benefits

Question 13

Types of Consent:

Answer 13

Consent is the affirmation to have one’s body touched by others

• Implied Consent (by action)
• Expressed Consent (verbal)
• Written Consent

Question 14

Who May Consent?

Answer 14

Any person over 18 who is declared conscious and competent
- Spouses have no authority to consent for each other

Minors Consent: Parents and legal guardians have to consent. The state can consent if life threatens or during regular school hours.

Question 15

Senate Bill 571:

Answer 15

Filed on 8/26/97
- Allows technologists to perform venipuncture under general supervision of a physician
- 10 education hours of venipuncture
- 10 Successful injections

Question 16

For a radiographer to be held negligent in court, what 4 factors must be established?

Answer 16

1) Duty expected of the radiographer
2) Breach of duty by the radiographer
3) Cause of injury due to radiographer negligence
4) Injury to patient actually occurred