MA 100 Week 3 Study Guide

The patient can institute a lawsuit when she is 18 years old

A 16-year-old patient has large visible scars on her neck from on ear operation performed when she was 12-years-old. The patient's parents did nothing to recover damages for the child. What can be done to compensate this child for the scars?

On the day that the patient was given the X-Ray Results

A 30-year-old patient felt discomfort in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen for 6 months after having surgery. On a subsequent X-Ray examination, it was discovered that the surgeon had left a sponge in the patient during a previous surgery. When does the statute of limitations begin?

Controlled substance

A drug that has potential for addiction and/or substance abuse is called a _______.

True

A patient who does not follow medical advice becomes responsible for any problems that occur as a result of his or her decision.

Abandonment

A physician has discontinued care of a patient without properly notifying the patient. This is called?

Gather information

As a medical assistant, ethical decisions need to be made. What is the first thing an MA must do to implement the six-step process to make ethical decisions?

Ordinances

Cities and towns enact laws that have to do with the general welfare of its citizens. What are these laws called?

False

Criminal law is the set of laws that deals with disputes between individuals and/or groups of people.

15 people

How many employees must a business have for them to be protected by Equal Opportunity Employment Laws?

Notify the patient in writing

How should a physician terminate a relationship with a patient in order to avoid a possible lawsuit for abandonment?

Mediation

If both sides are willing, some disagreements can be settled out of court with the help of a facilitator. What is this process called?

True

Individuals under the age of 18 who have legally obtained adult rights, including the right to consent for medical treatment, are called emancipated minors.

Understanding of a medical procedure and its possible outcomes

Informed consent is consent based on?

Suggesting possible diagnoses to the physician

List how medical assistants can function as patient advocates?

States an individual's wishes regarding health care if the individual is not able to speak for him or herself Names an individual to make decisions for an individual if he or she becomes incapable of doing this Expresses an individual's wish to donate organs when he or she dies States an individual's wish not to be resuscitated if his or her heart stops beating

List some purposes of an advance directive?

Comparative negligence

Lois Collagen had her nose reconfigured by a plastic surgeon. Two days after the surgery she had a nose bleed and noticed that she had an elevated temperature. She did not report this to her doctor. As a result, her nose became badly inflamed and the surgical result was not what she had hoped for. At the trial, the judge found that Lois was 40% responsible for her damages. What is this called?

Professional liability

Malpractice insurance is also known as _____ insurance?

Right to compensation in cases of malpractice

Most individual states have passed legislation defining a Patient Bill of Rights, based on the federal Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities adopted in 1998. Which of the following is NOT considered a component of patient rights?

False

Physicians have the right to terminate patient care based on personal subjective judgement as long as alternate provisions for care are made.

Genetic engineering

The experimental treatments that attempt to treat or cure disease by giving patients new genes or parts of genes that have been synthesized in the laboratory, taken from human tissue, or engineered form genetic material of animals or other species is called?

True

The physician-patient relationship is a contractual relationship, with each party having certain rights and responsibilities.

Standard of

The term that refers to "the level of appropriate care legally required of any other practitioner with the same education and training providing the same care in the same geographic region" is _______ care?

Veracity

This expectation of truthfulness by all health care workers is called?

Equal Opportunity Employment Agency

To what agency should employees complain if they feel that they have been discriminated against in their hiring, firing, or employment?

Conviction of a crime Unprofessional activity Physical or mental incapacitation Senility

What are reasons to revoke or suspend a physician's license?

Tort law

What branch of civil law compensates individuals for injury?

The physician is liable for the negligent actions of his or her employees

What doe the doctrine of respondent superior mean?

fidelity

What is another name for the duty to meet reasonable expectations of patients?

criminal law

What is the branch of law that deals with offenses against the public welfare that affect all people?

Responsibility

What is the legal meaning of the word "liability"?

A contract

What is the legal nature of the doctor-patient relationship?

Autonomy

What is the name for a patient's right to make decisions about health care according to individual values and concerns?

Felony

What is the name for a serious crime punishable by death or imprisonment?

etiquette

What is the name for normal, acceptable behavior is society?

Beneficence

What is the name for the concept that a health professional should do the best possible?

Fraud

What is the name for the crime of billing an insurance company for tests and procedures that were never performed?

Defendant

What is the name for the party against whom the lawsuit is brought, whether this is a doctor, medical facility, or hospital?

Autonomy

What right is the basis from informed consent?

Administrative Law

What type of law refers to a law arising from the actions of federal government agencies such as the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service?

Harassment

When one employee engages another with unwanted comments or physical contact of a sexual nature, what is it called?

patient self-determination act

Which 1990 law recognizes the right of adults to refuse treatment for disease?

OSHA

Which federal agency is responsible for physical protection of employees in the workplace?

Fair Labor Standards Act

Which federal law regulates minimum wages?

Informed consent form

Which of the following does NOT fall into the category of advance directives?

The patient is told by the physician about any risks, hazards, or possible complications associated with the treatment in terms that the patient fully understands before submitting to treatment

Which of the following is the best description of informed consent?

Inventory must be completed on a daily basis

Which of the following is true with regard to DEA drug regulations for the medical office.

Health care proxy Living will Medical durable power of attorney

Which of the following is/are recommended as a means for a patient to prepare for possible injury or illness resulting i nth inability to make health care decisions?

Gunshot wound Possible rape Case of tuberculosis Spontaneous abortion (miscarriage)

Which of the following must be reported to the proper authorities even if the patient does not consent?

A 35-year-old woman with a hip fracture?

Which of the following patients that would not be able to give informed consent for treatment?

Identified conflicting values, rights, duties, and desires

While attempting to make an ethical decision, Stacy has determined that she does not wish to cause problems and she wants to avoid hassle. However, she feels that patient treatment may be compromised. What has Stacy done?