Unit 7 - Legal & Ethical

Question 1

A Code of Medical Ethics

Answer 1

code of conduct that establishes standards that govern decisions and behavior of these entrusted with providing health care.

Question 2

Civil Law

Answer 2

focuses on legal relationships between people and the protection of a person’s rights

Question 3

Criminal Law

Answer 3

focuses on wrongs against a person, property, or society

Question 4

Torts

Answer 4

occur when a person is harmed or injured because a health care provider does not meet the established or expected standards of care

Question 5

Malpractice

Answer 5

“bad practice” and is commonly called “professional negligence.” Ex. A physician not administering a tetanus injection when a patient has a puncture wound

Question 6

Negligence

Answer 6

failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position.

Question 7

Assault and battery

Answer 7

assault includes a threat or attempt to injure; battery includes the unlawful touching of another person
without consent. Ex. Surgery or treatment to minors

Question 8

Informed Consent

Answer 8

permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after the procedure and all risks involved have been explained in terms the person can understand

Question 9

Invasion of privacy

Answer 9

includes unnecessarily exposing an individual or revealing personal information about an individual without that person’s consent. Ex. Improperly draping or covering a patient.

Question 10

False Imprisonment

Answer 10

refers to restraining an individual or restricting an individual’s freedom. Ex. Applying physical restraints

Question 11

Abuse

Answer 11

any care that result in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish. Ex. Physical abuse, verbal abuse, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse

Question 12

Defamation

Answer 12

occurs when false statements either cause a person to be ridiculed or damage the person’s reputation

Question 13

Slander

Answer 13

spoken defamation

Question 14

Libel

Answer 14

written defamation

Question 15

Ethics

Answer 15

are a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong

Question 16

Hippocrates

Answer 16

wrote one of the first medical codes of ethics, the Hippocratic Oath.

Question 17

Maimonides

Answer 17

wrote the Prayer of Maimonides, which incorporates ethical principles.

Question 18

Nightingale Pledge

Answer 18

oath, pledged by nurses or graduation that states the ethical standards of their profession.

Question 19

Standards of behavior

Answer 19

confidentiality, accuracy, honesty, dependability