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_____ is a federal regulation that requires health care professionals to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients' health information.: HIPAA
2.
______ are defined as what are right and wrong: laws
3.
A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called: battery
4.
A fraudulent signature is called.: forgery
5.
A latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is: no compos mentis
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a legal statement of how an individuals property is to be distributed after death is: will
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A major punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is: felony
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A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called: contributory negligence
9.
A person being sued is called the: defendant
10.
A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called a(n): emancipated minor
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A physician must have the patient's permission in writing to reveal any confidential information except for which one of the following?: Gunshot wound
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a rule of conduct made by a government body is: law
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A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called: expert testimony
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A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a: cicil law
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A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is: Invasion of privacy
16.
A writ that commands a witness to apear at a trial or other proceeding and give testimony is a(n): subpoena
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a wrong committed against another person or the person's property ia a: tort
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An act that violates criminal law is called: crime
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An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is: contract
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An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called a _______ commitlee.: medical grievance
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An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is calld.: fraud
22.
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is: assault
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Conduct, courtesy, and manners that are customarily used in a medical office by medical professionals are known as: medical etiquette
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consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called: assumption of risk
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Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used, is called: breach of contract
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Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or a person's property is: negligence
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Holding or detaining a person against his will is: false imprisonment
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In the health care field the acronym HIPAA stands for.: Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act
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Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is: privileged communication
30.
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is: defamation
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It is _______ to deny treatment to an HIV infected parients.: unethical
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lack of physical or mental fitness is known as: incompetence
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latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself" is called: qui facit per alium facit perse
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Latin for "things decided'- that is, a matter already decided by judicial authority is called.: res judicate
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latin for "things done; deeds"; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called: res gestae
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Medical research is often published in medical journals that are evaluated by members of the medical community through a process known as.: peer review
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Negligence by a professional person is called: malpractice
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one who institutes a lawsuit is: plaintiff
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permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is: consent
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Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is: respondeat superior
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Right and wrong conduct is known as: ethics
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testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is: deposition
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That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called_____.: proximate cause
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The ability to see things from another person's point of view is: empathy
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The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedial research is called: bioethics
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The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called: breach
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The final decision of a court in an action or suit is: judgment
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The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers this is called: reasonable care
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The most common type of medical tort liability is: negligence
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The presumption or inference of negligence when an accedent is otherwise unable to be explained in terms of ordinary and known experience is called.: res ipsa loquitur
51.
The statement " A physicaian shall respect the law" is a part of the.: AMA code of ethics
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The time established for filing law suits is: statute of limitations
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The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is: abandonment
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To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or resumption at a later date, or to ask for a continuance is called a _____.: suspension
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Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding any patient to a third party may result in.: invasion of privacy
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Under the peer review improvement act of 1982, peer organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of putting a patient into the hospital by a process known as ______ review.: admissions
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violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called: breach of duty
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What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?: narcotic
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Which of these generally results from an act of carelessness, without an intent to harm?: breach of cofidentiality
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Which one of the following might involve a decision based upon bioethics?: the use of fetal tissue transplantation for research
