System of principles and processes devised by organized society to deal with disputes and problems without the use of force
Law
100
The jurisdiction of a federal court arising from diversity of citizenship when the jurisdictional amount has been met
Diversity jurisdiction
100
When the health record becomes admissible to court
After meeting foundation and trustworthiness requirements
100
Protects rescuers from claims related to the administration of unauthorized treatment
Good Samaritan statutes
100
Formal study of moral choices that conform to standards of conduct
Ethics
200
The branch of law concerned with agreements between two or more parties that creates some type of obligation to act or refrain from acting
Common law
200
Cases that question or involve a US constitutional principle, treaty, federal statute, or federal rule or regulation.
Federal question jurisdiction
200
Written questions presented to a party to obtain certain facts
Request of admission
200
The anti-dumping law
EMTALA
200
How human beings relate to one another
Etiquette
300
A law found in the decisions of the courts rather than in statutes
Common law
300
The authority of a court over the questions at issue in a lawsuit
Subject matter jurisdiction
300
To be admissible, evidence mist be this and this
pertinent and proper
300
A causing; the producing of a result
Causation
300
Independence; self-determination; freedom
Autonomy
400
An inconsistency between different jurisdictions over the same issue in a legal action.
Conflict of laws
400
The authority of a court over the parties to a lawsuit
Personal jurisdiction
400
Created by statute and used to prevent the forced disclosure of, or testimony about, information obtained by the health care provider during the course of treatment
physician-patient privilege
400
Failure to perform according to the terms of the parties' agreement
Breach of contract
400
Qualities of kindness, mercy and charity
Beneficence
500
The rights and duties that exist between parties who are independent of a contract
Tort law
500
The authority by which courts and judicial officers may hear and decide a case
Jurisdiction
500
Rules of evidence cover what is considered both pertinent and proper for use by a jury and a judge in reaching a decision, and such evidence is considered this...
admissible
500
Damages awarded above and beyond actual damages, often in instances where there is proof of outrageous, malicious, or intentional conduct; exemplary damages