Unit 4: Legal & Ethical Responsibilities

Question 1

What is confidentiality

Answer 1

Information about the patient must remain private

Question 2

What is a contract

Answer 2

An agreement between two or more parties

Question 3

What is criminal law

Answer 3

Wrongs against a person property or society

Question 4

What is the definition of ethics

Answer 4

Set of principles for waiting to what is morally right and wrong

Question 5

What is false imprisonment

Answer 5

Restraining in individuals freedom

Question 6

What is invasion of privacy?

Answer 6

Unnecessarily exposing an individual revealing personal information without consent

Question 7

What is Libel?

Answer 7

Written information

Question 8

What is malpractice

Answer 8

Failure to you skill expected in an individual’s profession, resulting in injury, loss or damage to the patient

Question 9

What is negligence?

Answer 9

Failure to give care normally expected by an individual, resulting in injury to another person

Question 10

What are patients rights? What do they include?

Answer 10

Factors of care that patients can expect to receive. Include patients Bill of Rights

Question 11

What is slander?

Answer 11

Information is spoken

Question 12

Difference between criminal and civil law

Answer 12

Civil law focuses on legal relationships between people and the protection of a person’s rights. Criminal law focuses on wrongs against a person property or society

Question 13

Does a person with a legal disability have the right to form a contract?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What is the health care surrogate?

Answer 14

The person who was appointed to make decisions for you when you are unable to

Question 15

As a doctor do you want to have malpractice insurance?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

What is a breach of contract?

Answer 16

Failure to provide care by healthcare provider or failure of the patient to pay according to the consideration

Question 17

Does the patient have the right to leave the hospital the doctor did not discharge?

Answer 17

Yes. Going against medical advice

Question 18

Can you put restraints on people?

Answer 18

No

Question 19

Can you perform a procedure just because your nurse tells you to do it?

Answer 19

No

Question 20

What is abuse?

Answer 20

Care that result in physical harm, pain or mental anguish

Question 21

What is acceptance?

Answer 21

Accepting something

Question 22

What are advanced directive?

Answer 22

Legal documents that allow individuals to say what medical treatment they want if they become unable to express their wishes

Question 23

What is consent?

Answer 23

Permission for something

Question 24

What is Defamation?

Answer 24

False statements cause a person to be ridiculed or damage the reputation

Question 25

What is DNR?

Answer 25

Do not resuscitate, when a person stop breathing

Question 26

Geriatric rights bill

Answer 26

Rights for patients that are long term

Question 27

What are three examples of privileged communications that are exempt?

Answer 27

Birth and death, drug abuse, sexually-transmitted disease

Question 28

What are the parts of a contract?

Answer 28

Offer, acceptance, consideration

Question 29

Are you allowed to except money or presents from patients

Answer 29

No

Question 30

Meaning and difference of assault and battery

Answer 30

Also is a threat or attempt to injure battery is the unlawful touching of another person without consent