Medical Assisting : Medical Law and Ethics Chapter 3

AMT

American Medical Technologies

________ laws are made to protect the public as a whole from the harmful acts of others.

Civil

_______ is a safeguard that someone will be able to act on the patient's behalf if he or she becomes physically or mentally incapacitated.

Durable power of attorney

Performing an wrongful or illegal act

Malfeasance

A physician who performs a lawful act, but not in a proper way, describes which form of malpractice?

Misfeasance

A legal mandate that health care institutions encourage patients to make advance decisions regarding the type of care they wish to have or to deny in the event they later become unable to make such decisions.

Patient Self-determination Act (PSDA)

A patients lack of decision-making ability.

Patient incompetence

Which Latin phrase means that the physician/employer is liable for the negligent actions of anyone in their employ ("Let the master answer")?

Respondeat superior

AAMA

The American Association of Medical Assistants

A code which descries the ethical and moral conduct for medical assistants.

The code of Ethics of the American Association of Medical Assistants.

TRUE OR FALSE: Standard of care is determined to be what a reasonable person of the same education and training would probably have done.

True

The physician may be charged with ________ of the patient if he does NOT give formal notice of withdrawal from a patient's medical care, or case.

abandonment

________ is the threat of bodily harm to another.

assault

Actual bodily harm to another person without permission, also referred to as unlawful touching or touching without consent

battery

Touching someone without the person's consent is referred to as ________.

battery

Nonfeasance

being negligent or ignoring performance of a necessary lawful act.

________ relates to the patient's contribution to the injury, which if proven, could release the physician as the direct cause

contributory negligence

A medical assistant who tells a patient that another physician is incompetent is an example of ________.

defamation of character

________ is a deceitful practice.

fraud

A ________ is an adult, generally appointed by the court, who will act in court on behalf of the child.

guardian ad litem

The ________ allows patients to request that life-sustaining treatments and nutritional support NOT be used to prolong their life

living will

Performing a lawful act but not in the proper way

misfeasance

That which a person believes to be an acceptable or right way to live.

morals

failure to do or perform or to take reasonable care in performing a specific action, which results in injury to another person.

negligence

Being negligent or ignoring performance of a necessary lawful act

nonfeasance

________ is a spoken, defaming statement made about another person.

slander

________ is defined as diagnosing and prescribing treatment or medication.

standard of care

A(n) ________ is a wrongful act that is committed against another person or property that results in harm.

tort

TRUE OR FALSE: The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur tells us that the breach (neglect) of duty is so obvious that is does not need further explanation.

true. " the thing speaks for itself :