Medical law and ethics
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Illegal is always unethical? | False |
| A branch of philosophy related to morals, moral principles, and moral judgement. | Ethics |
| Explores and promotes principles guiding conduct of healthcare professionals. | Medical ethics |
| Dr. Bernard Los clinical model includes what? | Gather info, clarify ethical issues, resolve the dilemma. |
| What is included in the three step ethics model? | Is it legal? Is it balanced? How does it make you feel? |
| Examples of bioethical issues we see in today's environment? | Cloning, stem cell research, and gene therapy. |
| Central government | Federal |
| Smaller government | State |
| What are checks and balances in the government? | So no one single branch of government can control the entire government. |
| Legislative branch | Senate and house of representatives |
| Judicial branch | Judges and federal courts |
| Executive branch | President, cabinet, and advisors. |
| Assault | Knowingly performing a tort against a patient. |
| Battery | Bodily harm or unlawful touching, without consent. |
| False imprisonment | Taking action to confine a patient |
| Defamation of character | Making false and/or malicious statements about another person. |
| Fraud | Attempts to deceive another person |
| Invasion of privacy | Break in confidentiality |
| What is respondent superior? | 'let the master answer' Employer liable for acts of employee within scope of employment. |
| Scope of practice | Must understand and practice within guidelines of profession. Must understand and work within scope of practice for discipline. Must understand and follow chain of command. |
| HMO | Health maintenance organization |
| PPO | Preferred provider organization |
| EPO | Exclusive provider organization |
| DRG | Diagnostic related groups |
| Conscience clause | Legislation or regulation stating that hospitals and healthcare professionals are not required to assist with such procedures like abortion or sterilization |
| Implied consent | Verbal or by action consent |
| Malfeasance | Performing a wrong or illegal act (bad) |
| Misfeasance | Improperly performing an otherwise proper or lawful act. (mistake) |
| Nonfeasance | Failure to perform a necessary action (doesn't do anything) |
| What are the four d's? | Duty, dereliction, direct or proximate cause, and damages. |
| Malpractice insurance | Insurance physicians carry to cover and damages they must pay if they are sued for malpractice and lose. |
| Public health records and vital statistics | Vital events in a persons life, used by government to determine population trends and needs, and public duty of physicians to report vital events. |
| What is included in a death certificate? | Date and time of death, cause of death, how Long treated for the disease or injury, presence or absence of pregnancy, and was an autopsy performed? |
| When does a medical examiner need to investigate? | If the death is violent in nature, criminal abortion, related to a contagious or virulent disease, person confined to jail, unexplained or unexpected cause. |
| Communicable disease | Disease that can be transmitted from one person to another and are considered a general threat to the public. Ex. Rubella, tuberculosis, tetanus, cholera. |
| What are evidence of abuse? | Photos of bruises, urine specimen, clothing, bodily fluids, or foreign objects. |
| Why should medical assistants study medical law and ethics? | To have a moral structure, to protect you and your employer from being sued, to make a sound decision based on reason and logic, and to know what's legal or illegal. |
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