Ch 3

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

Felony

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

Fidelity.

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

Fraud

In her role as medical assistant, Stacy has an important ethical decision to make. She has decided to implement the six-step process to make ethical decisions. What is the first thing she must do?

Gather information

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 tissues, or engineered from genetic material of animals or other species Is called

Genetic engineering

Which of the following federal acts includes incentives to encourage adoption of electronic medical records by physicians and health care facilities?

HITECH

while attempting to make an ethical decision, Stacey has determined that she does not wish to cause problems and she wants to avoid a hassle, however she feels that patient treatment may be compromised. what has Stacey done?

Identified conflicting values, rights, duties, and desires

What type of consent occurs if a patient offers an arm when the medical assistant says its time to obtain a blood sample?

Implied consent.

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

Living well, Health care proxy, Medical durable power of attorney

What is the name for a minor who is allowed to choose or reject health care treatment without parent consent?

Mature minor.

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

Mediation

What is the name an individuals own beliefs about rights and wrong in our society

Morals

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

Notify the patient in writing

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 statue of limitations begin?

On the day the patient was given X-ray results.

cities and towns enact laws that have to do with the general welfare of its citizens, what are these laws called

Ordinances

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

Patient self-discrimination

What agency is responsible for issuing a state license to practice medicine?

Physician licensing board of each state.

When a patient initiates a legal suit, what role does the patient play in lawsuit.

Plaintiff

malpractice insurance is also known as

Professional liability insurance

How many employees must a business have for them to be protected by equal opportunity employment laws

25 people

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

A contract

A drug has a potential for addiction and/ or abuse is called

A controlled substance

What right is the basis for informed consent?

Right to autonomy.

Early leaders of the American government believed in natural rights and the duty of any government to preserve them. Which of the following is not one of the rights?

Right to share of society's resources

Which of the following is NOT regulated by the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996(HIPPA)?

Rules for reporting suspicious deaths or injuries.

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

Abandonment

What type of law refers to law arising from the actions of federal government agencies such as the social security administration and the internal revenue service?

Administrative law

Who is not allowed to sign a consent form?

An individual who has been declared incompetent by a physician or court.

The term refers of "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

Standard of care

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

Autonomy

What is the purpose of an advance directive?

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

A 16 year old patient has large visible scars on her neck from an ear operation preformed 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?

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

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

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.

What does the doctrine of respondent superior mean

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

What is one important reason for a medical assistant to study ethics

To develop the intellectual skills to analyze complex problems

What branch of civil law compensates individuals for injury?

Tort law

informed consent is consent based on

Understanding of a medical procedure and its possible outcomes

what is the name for the concept that a health professional should do the best possible.

Beneficence

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

Criminal law

what is the name for legal testimony provided under oath before a trail?

Deposition

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

Equal employment opportunity commission

Which federal law regulates minimum wages?

Fair labor standards act

In today's health care environment, it is seen as a proactive duty that physicians and other health care professionals must provide truthful information without having to be asked. This expectation of truthfulness by all health care workers is called

Veracity

What Is required for expressed consent?

Verbal agreement.

which of the following patients would be able to give informed consent for treatment

a 35 year old woman with a hip fracture

current thinking about biomedical ethics identifies several legal rights. what is a right

a strong claim

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

defendant

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

gunshot wound, case of tuberculosis, injury that may be due to abuse, possible rape

To whom would physicians report cases of specific infectious disease

local board of health

What reports are encourage as a result of the patient safety and quality improvement act?

near misses, unsafe conditions, adverse events, events the threaten patient safety.

In how many states is physician-assisted suicide legal?

one

In determining whether or not a cardiologist provided his patient with reasonable care, with whom would a physician be compared

other cardiologists in his community or similar communities

What principle applies if a patient confides information about their health care to a medical assistant and then asks the medical assistant not to tell the physician?

patient confidentiality prevents the medical assistant from telling the physician.

once a medical facility has received notice that a patient has initiated a lawsuit, what type of statement must the patient sign.

permission to release information

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

res ipsa loquitur

What id the legal meaning of the word liability

responsibility

Most individuals have passed legislation defining a patient bill of rights and responsibilities adopted in 1998. which of the following is NOT considered a component of patient right

right to compensation in cases of malpractice

What are reasons to revoke or suspend a physicians license

senility, conviction of crime, physical or medical

What is a court summons ordering a recipient to appear before a court and produce documents such as paper medical records

subpoena duces tecum