Exam 5: Legal and Ethical Issues

In the late 1930s, Norman Baker bought a hotel in Arkansas and opened a cancer hospital. He advertised "guaranteed" cures without surgery, although such cures did not exist. This was an example of the intentional tort of ________.

The HIPAA ________ Rule specifies how patient information is protected on computer networks, the Internet, storage media, and extranets.

A criminal act that is punishable by death or by imprisonment in a state or federal prison for more than 1 year is a(n) ________.

You can help prevent lawsuits by ____.

Mr. Daley, an 84-year-old patient, is accompanied to the office by his 53-year-old son. When the physician explains that Mr. Daley needs surgery to remove a tumor, Mr. Daley does not want the surgery. However, his son insists that he agree to the surgery, and Mr. Daley finally gives in. On the day of the surgery, Mr. Daley once again decides not to have the surgery. He says the consent form he signed is not valid. Which of the essential elements of a contract is not present in the signed consent form?

A civil wrong committed against a person or property that causes physical injury or damage to someone's property or that deprives someone of his or her personal liberty and freedom is called a(n) ____.

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 was enacted to prohibit entities such as _______________ and ___________ from using an individual's genetic information against him or her.

One way to prevent medical malpractice is to be ________ in your skills and job knowledge.

The proper way to make a correction in a medical record is to ____.

Giving financial incentives to a healthcare professional for referring patients or for recommending services or products is prohibited by the ____.

A breach of ________ when working with medical records is an example of invasion of privacy.

A written court order addressed to a specific person, requiring that person's presence in court at a specific time, is a(n) ____.

A surgical incision is reopened after a patient starts to show signs of internal bleeding. It is discovered that the surgeon did not complete closure of all severed capillaries at the operative site. This is an example of ____.

A healthcare professional who stops care without providing an equally qualified substitute can be charged with ____.

Which of the following is a correct way for a medical assistant to contact a partner of a patient with a sexually transmitted disease?

____ refers to a lawful act that is done incorrectly.

Administration of an unauthorized injection constitutes which intentional tort(s)?

The appropriate way for a patient to donate organs upon death is to ____.

Which of the following is demonstrated when a patient's leg healed incorrectly because of the way the cast had been applied?

Making public statements about a person that are false and malicious is ________ of character.