Principles
"The Patient First"
What is Aeger Primo.
Healthcare facilities are responsible for ensuring that the care patients receive from their staff is safe and acceptable.
What is Doctrine of Corporate Negligence.
Court-appointed protector for a person incapable of making his or her own decisions.
What is Guardian.
Permission being given for an action to take place.
What is consent.
System of Moral principles and rules that become standards for professional conduct.
What is Ethics.
"Above all, do no harm"
What is Primum non Nocere.
Each person is responsible for his or her own conduct, even though others might be liable as well.
What is Doctrine of Personal Liability.
A civil wrong, can be either intentional or unintentional.
What is Tort.
When a patient is admitted to the hospital a ________ consent is signed.
What is general consent.
Established by a society and is used to guide behavior by the members of the society.
What is Morals.
The principle that patients have the right to make informed decisions about their own healthcare, free from coercion or undue influence.
What is medical autonomy.
The surgeon's presence in the OR subjects them to the legal liability for everyone's negligence in the OR.
What is Captain of the Ship Doctrine.
Either the omission or commission of an act that a reasonable and prudent individual would not do under the same conditions, "departure from the standard of care".
What is Negligence.
Direct verbal or written statement granting permission for treatment.
What is express consent.
Provides patients the access to their medical records, as well as the right to decide how their medical information is used and disclosed to others.
What is HIPPA.
"The thing speaks for itself"
What is Res Ipsa Loquitur.
Ability to predict an outcome in advance, the ability to reasonably anticipate that harm or injury might result because of certain acts or omissions.
What is the Doctrine of Foreseeability.
Injury resulting from the activity of healthcare professionals.
What is Iatrogenic Injury.
Informed consent that is obtained for any procedure that entails an abnormal risk for the patient.
What is special consent.
HIPPA
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
"Let the master answer"
What is Respondeat Superior.
Persons should perform an action as would any reasonable person of ordinary prudence.
What is Doctrine of the Reasonably Prudent Person.
Professional misconduct that results in harm to another; professional negligence.
What is Malpractice.
Occurs under circumstances that would lead a reasonable healthcare provider to believe that the patient had given consent although no direct or verbally expressed words of consent had been given.
What is implied consent.
The acts are willful and violate the civil rights of a patient.
What is Intentional Tort.