Exam 5: Legal and Ethical Issues

____ is considered a standard of behavior and a concept of right and wrong, beyond the legal consideration.

Which of the following is an example of disclosure under the HIPAA Privacy Rule?

To use the form of treatment believed to be best for the patient, to refrain from harmful actions, and to keep a patient's private information confidential are part of ____.

You are given an employment contract as a medical assistant beginning employment at a new facility. You note that the contract has no provisions for grievance procedures or termination procedures but contains all other information required for a contract to be binding. What should you do?

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 ________.

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

Which of the following patients can give informed consent?

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 ____.

The National Practitioner Data Bank was established in 1986 by the ____.

Which of the following created federal laws to protect healthcare workers from health hazards on the job?

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

When you enter an exam room without knocking, you commit the intentional tort of invasion of ________.

Risk management includes all except which of the following?

A ____ is a rule of conduct established and enforced by an authority or governing body, such as the federal government.

The office supervisor signs a lease for the office copier and fax machine. The lease is an example of a(n) ________ contract.

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

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986 requires professional ________ review in an effort to improve medical care.

When a healthcare practitioner fails to exercise ordinary care and the patient is injured, the practitioner may be charged with ________.

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

Which of the following organizations defines ethical behavior for doctors in the Code of Medical Ethics: Current Opinions with Annotations?