Unit 1: Medical Law and Ethics/Medical Math/Professional Standards Flashcards

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1
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provides people with a MINIMUM standard of conduct. governs the interaction between people in an attempt to create an orderly society

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Medical Law

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2
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a field of applied ethics that applies to the filed or medicine and health care

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Medical Ethics

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3
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refers to beliefs that are morally right or wrong; provides standards for how one should behave

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Ethics

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4
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has been the basis of ethical behavior and ethical conflict in medicine

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Hippocratic Oath

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5
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defines the procedures, actions, and processes that are permitted for the health care professionals

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Scope of practice

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6
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is the ACTUAL physical harm or unwarranted touching of another person

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Battery

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7
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invasion of privacy helps to ensure that you will have your privacy maintained

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Invasion of Privacy

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8
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is the failure to do something that a prudent person would ordinarily do OR not doing something you have been trained to do

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Negligence

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9
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is professional negligence. it means “bad practice”. it has come to mean professional care that has led to injury

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Malpractice

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10
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is a principle that means literally telling people what medical procedure will be performed, the expected outcome, and the possible complications

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Informed Consent

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11
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sets a time line for implementation of confidentiality guidelines to safeguard medical records and individual medical information

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HIPAA

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12
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what does HIPAA stand for

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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13
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counting numbers and zero; they DO NOT contain decimals or fractions

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whole numbers

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14
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numbers that have decimals

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Non-whole numbers

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15
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whole numbers and a fraction

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Mixed Numbers

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16
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whole or all of something

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percentages

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17
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totaling of two or more numbers

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addition

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18
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taking a number away from another

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subtraction

19
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finding the product of two numbers

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multiplication

20
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separating into parts

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division

21
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units less than one and are always written in what form

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decimal form 1/10 = .1

22
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cm

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centimeter

23
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mm

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millimeter

24
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m

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meters

25
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1 centimeter is how many meters

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0.01 meters

26
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1 millimeter is how many meters

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0.001 meters

27
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1 kilogram is how many grams

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1,000 grams

28
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1 milligran is how many grams

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0.001 grams

29
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1 milliliter is how many liters

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0.001 liters

30
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cc

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centimeter

31
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mL

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milliliter

32
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1 cubic centimeter is how many milliliters

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1 milliliter

33
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in Roman numberals M is

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1000

34
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in Roman numerals D is

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500

35
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in Roman numerals I is

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1

36
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in Roman numerals L is

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50

37
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in Roman numerals C is

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100

38
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in Roman numerals V is

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5

39
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in Roman numerals X is

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10

40
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being able to be trusted with such information on a need-to-know basis and not shared with others. The quality of being fair and truthful

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Honesty

41
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ability to relate to another person’s situation

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Empathy

42
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ability to be reliable– shows up to work when scheduled and does assigned work

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Dependable

43
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everyone has to work together to achieve the goals of the facility is

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Teamwork