Ch. 3-5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Discovery Rule | legal theory that the statute of limitations begins to run at the time the injury is discovered or when the patient should have known the injury. |
| Good Samaritan Laws | state laws that help to protect from liability healthcare professionals and ordinary citizens who provide emergency care to accident victims. |
| Prudent Person Rule | also called the "reasonable person standard", means that a healthcare professional, usually a physician, must provide information to a patient that a reasonable, prudent person would want before he/she makes a decision about treatment or refusal of treatment. |
| Respondeat superior | "let the master answer", means the employer is responsible for the actions of the employee |
| Statute of Limitations | refers to the period of time that a patient has to file a lawsuit |
| Associate Practice | legal agreement in which physicians agree to share a facility and staff but not the profits and losses |
| Conscience Clause | legislation or regulation stating that hospitals and healthcare professionals are not required to assist with such procedures as abortion and sterilization. |
| Fee Splitting | occurs when one physician offers to pay another physician for the referral of patients |
| Gatekeeper | the person, such as a primary care physician, or entity, such as an insurance company, that approves patient referrals to other physicians or services |
| Group Practice | three or more physicians who share the same facility and practice medicine together |
| Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) | a type of managed care plan that offers a range of health services to plan members for a predemtermined fee per member by a limited group of providers |
| Indigent | a person who is without funds |
| Medicare | federal program that provides healthcare coverage for persons over 65 years of age as well as for disabled persons or those who suffer kidney disease or other debilitating ailments |
| Medicaid | federal program, implemented by the individual states, to provide financial assistance for the indigent |
| Solo Practice | a medical practice in which the physician works alone |
| Advance Directive | the various methods by which a patient has the right to self-determination prior toa medical necessity; includes living wills, healthcare proxies, and durable power of attorney |
| Implied Consent | an agreement that is made through inference by signs, inaction, or silence |
| Informed Consent | consent granted by a person after the patient has received knowledge and understanding of potential risks and benefits |
| Living Will | a legal document in which a person states that life-sustaining treatments and nutritional support should not be used to prolong life; a type of advance directive |
| Prognosis | prediction of the course of a disease |
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