Medical Law and Ethics
A(n) ____________ consent is one that is assumed to exist.
What is implied
What is the recommended daily amount of water for a healthy adult?
What is 64-96 oz or 2-3 L or 8 glasses
The basic unit of body structure
What is the cell
What is wash your hands
The preferred site utilized for vaccinations in adults
What is the deltoid
Dr. Cartwright failed to follow the care of a hospital patient to whom he was assigned might be guilty of ____________ or ____________.
What is negligence or abandoment
If your diet is lacking fiber, you are at risk for ______________.
What is colon cancer
Bones that bear the body's weight
What are long bones
The technique used for destroying pathogens and their spores using heat, water, chemicals, or gases
What is sterilization
An agent that relieves pain without causing loss of consciousness
What is an analgesic
_____________ forbids discrimination against any applicant or employee who could perform the job regardless of disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act
What is glucose
The chamber of the heart that pumps blood to all parts of the body
What is the left ventricle
Reducing the number of micro-organisms by removing debris with soap and water
What is sanitization
What is the half-life
_____________ is a federal law that requires certain employers to give time off for familial or medical reasons.
What is the Family Medical Leave Act
The body uses carbohydrates primarily for __________ for its cells and all their functions.
What is energy
The muscular layer of the heart
What is the myocardium
Initiates the chain of infection
What is the infectious agent
The drug name protected by copyright
What is the trade name
Duty, Derelict, Direct cause, and Damage are known as?
What is the Four D's of Negligence
What does the body use amino acids for?
What is to repair and build tissues
The "master gland" in the brain
What is the pituitary gland
To clean something using chemicals that kills pathogens but not their spores
What is disinfect
Medications prescribed to promote excretion of fluid through the kidneys
What are diuretics