Study sets matching "med law"
Study sets
Classes
Users
Litigious
Liablity insurance
Medical malpractice
Risk management
Prone to engage in lawsuits
Insurance designed to cover a policyholder for acts or omissio…
Medical professional misconduct, which differs from negligence…
The practice of considering the risk of actions taken steps to…
Litigious
Prone to engage in lawsuits
Liablity insurance
Insurance designed to cover a policyholder for acts or omissio…
assault
battery
defamation
false imprisonment
any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury and any intent…
any unlawful touching of another that is without justification…
holding up a person to ridicule, scorn, or contempt in a respe…
conscious restraint of the freedom of a person without proper…
assault
any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury and any intent…
battery
any unlawful touching of another that is without justification…
Law
Statuory law
Common law
Administrative law
body of rules of action prescribes by a controlling authority…
law enacted by a federal,state or local government
law based on custom and usage. most malpractice cased are base…
addresses licensing and regulation of medical practice and emp…
Law
body of rules of action prescribes by a controlling authority…
Statuory law
law enacted by a federal,state or local government
legal responsibilities
civil law
criminal law
torts
must perform any action required by law
protects peoples rights; focus is on relationtionships between…
addresses wrong doing against a person, property or society
wrongful acts that do not involve contracts
legal responsibilities
must perform any action required by law
civil law
protects peoples rights; focus is on relationtionships between…
Uniformed Anatomical Gift Act
Uniformed Anatomical Gift Act
Controlled Substances Act of 1970
Good Samaritan Statutes
any person of sound mind and legal age may give any body part…
ALLOWS PERSONS 18 YEARS OR OLDER AND OF SOUND MIND TO MAKE A G…
To control the manufacture and distribution of narcotics, stim…
A state statute stipulating that persons who provide emergency…
Uniformed Anatomical Gift Act
any person of sound mind and legal age may give any body part…
Uniformed Anatomical Gift Act
ALLOWS PERSONS 18 YEARS OR OLDER AND OF SOUND MIND TO MAKE A G…
Statutory Law
Common Law
Administrative Law
Criminal Law
Passed by legislative body; upholds social order and protects…
Based on judicial decisions
Laws directed by the executive branch of government... Ex: OSHA &…
Violations against society based on criminal statutes or code
Statutory Law
Passed by legislative body; upholds social order and protects…
Common Law
Based on judicial decisions
Respondeat Superior
Medical Malpractice
Parts of a Contract
Code of ethics
"let the master answer" law holds that the employer is vicario…
when a medical professional deviates from standards in his or…
Offer Acceptance Consideration
AAMA
Respondeat Superior
"let the master answer" law holds that the employer is vicario…
Medical Malpractice
when a medical professional deviates from standards in his or…
litigant
layperson
accessory
defamation
someone involved in a lawsuit
A person who is not a member of the clergy or not a member of…
additional object; useful but not essential thing
Slander or libel... Act of harming or ruining another's reputation
litigant
someone involved in a lawsuit
layperson
A person who is not a member of the clergy or not a member of…
Res Ipsa loquitur
Respondeat superior
Quid pro quo
Statue of limitations
The thing speaks for itself
Physician leaves duties to you if your form them wrong it stil…
Sexual harrassment in work place
Period of time where patient may file lawsuit
Res Ipsa loquitur
The thing speaks for itself
Respondeat superior
Physician leaves duties to you if your form them wrong it stil…
duty of care
malfeasance
nonfeasance
privileged communication
the obligation of health care professionals to pt. and in some…
the performance of a totally wrongful and unlaw act
failure to act when one should
information held confidential within a protected relationship
duty of care
the obligation of health care professionals to pt. and in some…
malfeasance
the performance of a totally wrongful and unlaw act
law
criminal laws
crime of commission
crime of omission
the rule of conduct or action... -is enforced by authority in pow…
rules of actions against the state or fed. govt.... -protect ppl…
violating a law forbidding a certain act
violating a law requiring a certain act
law
the rule of conduct or action... -is enforced by authority in pow…
criminal laws
rules of actions against the state or fed. govt.... -protect ppl…
Expert witness
Standard of care
Assult
Battery
Who is the standard of care defined by
Degree of skill knowledge and care originally possessed and em…
When a patient believes they have been threatened in such a wa…
Any unlawful touching of another without justification or excu…
Expert witness
Who is the standard of care defined by
Standard of care
Degree of skill knowledge and care originally possessed and em…
Civil law
criminal law
Malpractice
Negligence
focuses in legal relationships between people and the prtectio…
focuses on the wrongs against a person, property, or society j…
Bad practice
failure to give care
Civil law
focuses in legal relationships between people and the prtectio…
criminal law
focuses on the wrongs against a person, property, or society j…
Civil Law
Torts
Intentional tort
Unintentional tort
A law that governs relationships of individuals.
Laws that govern rights between individuals in non-criminal ac…
Results from intentional actions.
Results from misconduct
Civil Law
A law that governs relationships of individuals.
Torts
Laws that govern rights between individuals in non-criminal ac…
Volunteer protection act
Patient self-determination act
Public Health Service Act 1944
Stafford Act
Eliminates a volunteer'd liability when acting for nonprofit o…
Requires that at the time of admission physicians/institutions…
Mass care, emergency assistance, housing, disaster stuff
Requires the governor to have the president declare a state in…
Volunteer protection act
Eliminates a volunteer'd liability when acting for nonprofit o…
Patient self-determination act
Requires that at the time of admission physicians/institutions…
Catergories Of Duty
Fines and reimbursement
Penalty take it with you
Elements on negligence
Malfeasance... Nonfeasance... Milfeasance
Compensatory damages... Punitive damages... Normal damages
Subpoena duces tecum
Duty... Dereliction of duty... Direct cause... Damages
Catergories Of Duty
Malfeasance... Nonfeasance... Milfeasance
Fines and reimbursement
Compensatory damages... Punitive damages... Normal damages
Assault
Battery
Defamation
False Imprisonment
Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury on the person…
Any unlawful touching of another that is without justification…
Holding up a person to ridicule, scorn, or contempt in a respe…
Conscious restraint of the freedom of a person without proper…
Assault
Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury on the person…
Battery
Any unlawful touching of another that is without justification…
prosecution
slander
indicted
negligence
the government acting as plaintiff in a criminal case
speaking defamatory or damaging words intended to jeopardize o…
when someone is charged with a crime
failure to give care that is normally expected and ends in inj…
prosecution
the government acting as plaintiff in a criminal case
slander
speaking defamatory or damaging words intended to jeopardize o…