Legal/Ethical/DD Review Exam 24 Questions with Answers
Civil law - CORRECT ANSWER focuses on wrongs against person, property, or society
Criminal
... [Show More] law - CORRECT ANSWER focuses on legal relationships between people and protection of their rights
Malpractice - CORRECT ANSWER failure of a professional to use an expected degree of skill that results in injury or damage including death
Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER failure to give care that is normally expected resulting in injury
Assault - CORRECT ANSWER threat or attempt to injury
Battery - CORRECT ANSWER unlawful touching of another person without consent
Informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER permission granted by a competent patient to do a procedure after all risks have been explained
Invasion of Privacy - CORRECT ANSWER exposing personal information about an individual without their permission
False imprisonment - CORRECT ANSWER restraining or restricting an individual's freedom
Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER any care that results in harm, pain, or mental anguish
Libel - CORRECT ANSWER false statements about a person that are written
Slander - CORRECT ANSWER false statements about a person that is spoken
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER set of principles relating to what is right and wrong
Clinical Death - CORRECT ANSWER when heart stops beating and person stops breathing
Biological Death - CORRECT ANSWER brain death
Legal disability - CORRECT ANSWER person with this problem cannot legally enter into a contract
HIPPA - CORRECT ANSWER federal guidelines that establish patient privacy laws for sharing of medical information
Hospice - CORRECT ANSWER facility or service that cares for patients with less than 6 months to live
Living Will - CORRECT ANSWER document that lets a person make decisions ahead of time about what measures should be taken to prolong life
Power of Attorney - CORRECT ANSWER document that allows another person to make decisions for you regarding healthcare should you become unable to do so
Euthanasia - CORRECT ANSWER illegal administration of a deadly dose of medication to a terminally ill patient
Physician-assisted Suicide - CORRECT ANSWER doctor provides terminally ill patient with means to kill themselves legally
Palliative - CORRECT ANSWER care designed to provide comfort and basic needs only
Terminal Illness - CORRECT ANSWER disease or condition from which a person will die [Show Less]