Exam 5: Legal and Ethical Issues

Preventing a patient from leaving a facility is the intentional tort of ______________.

Two types of law pertain to healthcare practitioners: criminal law and ________ law.

A court order to produce documents is ____.

Which medical practice model is referred to as a "solo practice"?

What is the document called in which a patient names someone to make decisions regarding medical care in the event he or she is unable to do so?

The document established by the American Hospital Association that is a list of standards a patient can expect in healthcare is the ____.

The Patient Care Partnership is a list of standards that patients can expect in healthcare and is required by ________ to be posted in hospitals.

A licensed practitioner is said to have been ____ if a patient proves that the practitioner failed to comply with the standards of the profession.

The promise of "miracle cures" is an example of ____.

The practice of controlling risk and preventing malpractice claims is called risk ________.

Speaking in such a way as to negatively influence others against an individual is an example of

The legal term res ipsa loquitur refers to cases in which the ____.

When two or more licensed practitioners practice together, they may form a(n) ________ based on a legal contract specifying the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of each practitioner.

People who are under the age of majority (generally under the age of 18) are referred to as ________.

____ refers to failure to perform an act that is one's required duty or that is required by law.

Publishing in print damaging words, pictures, or signed statements that will injure the reputation of another is ________, which is a form of defamation of character.

Open threat of bodily harm to another is the intentional tort of ________.

An employee who is considered to be acting on the physician's behalf while performing professional tasks is ____.

Dean is talking on the phone to someone who identified herself as Clarissa Brown's mother. Clarissa is a 16-year-old patient who was recently diagnosed with an STI. The mother wants to know what Clarissa's diagnosis was. Dean is not sure what to do. What would you do if you were Dean?

Risk management includes all except which of the following?