vocab

Question 1

-iatrics

Answer 1

medical science

Question 2

-iatrist

Answer 2

specialist in the medicine of

Question 3

-iatry

Answer 3

medical science

Question 4

-ist

Answer 4

specialist

Question 5

-logy

Answer 5

study of

Question 6

-logist

Answer 6

specialist in the study of

Question 7

DNR

Answer 7

Do Not Resuscitate

Question 8

Tx

Answer 8

treatment

Question 9

Rx

Answer 9

prescription

Question 10

HMO

Answer 10

Health Maintenance Organization

Question 11

PPO

Answer 11

Preferred Provider Organization

Question 12

Tort

Answer 12

an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability

Question 13

Battery

Answer 13

Tort of unconsented physical contact with another person, even where the contact is not violent but menacing or offensive

Question 14

Patients Bill of Rights

Answer 14

Document that provides patients with information on how they can reasonably expect to be treated during the course of their hospital stay

Question 15

Law

Answer 15

a set of rules and regulations

Question 16

Ethics

Answer 16

guidelines and principles that inform people about how to live or how to behave in a particular situation

Question 17

HIPPA

Answer 17

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (protect patients’ information)

Question 18

Informed consent

Answer 18

Telling the patient about the medical procedure, expected outcomes, and possible complications

Question 19

Invasion of privacy

Answer 19

Leaking patients’ information, not keeping them fully covered

Question 20

Scope of practice

Answer 20

the limits of a doctor’s actions they can perform

Question 21

Malpractice

Answer 21

wrongful acts by doctors

Question 22

Negligence

Answer 22

not doing what you should have done or not doing something you were trained to do

Question 23

Consent

Answer 23

Permission to do something