Starts with "A"
Duties
Advance Directives
Rights of Minors
Consent
100
What is the patient has the right to self-determination prior to medical necessity
advance directives
100
examining a medical wristband
What is duty to properly identify patients?
100
person acting on behalf of a patient
What is a proxy
100
a person who has not reached the age of maturity
What is minor
100
a voluntary agreement that a patient gives that allows a medically trained person to touch, examine, or perform treatment
What is consent
200
a person authorized to act on behalf of a patient
agent
200
to speak in a low voice
What is duty to respect confidentiality
200
a written statement in which people state the type of care they want to receive in case of terminal illness?
What is advance directive
200
the state takes responsibility from the parents for minors under the age of 18
What is parens patriae authority
200
patients indicate by their behavior that they are accepting a procedure
What is implied consent
300
withdrawing medical care from a patient without providing sufficient notice to the patient
abandonment
300
the discussion of diagnosis?
What is duty to tell the truth
300
a document used to determine care in case of a castostropic event?
What is living will
300
someone who stands in on behalf of the parents of a minor
What is in locos parentis
300
patient agrees to the proposed course of treatment with a signature
What is informed or expressed consent
400
when a noncompliant patient leaves a hospital without physician's permission
against medical advice (ama)
400
prediction for the course of their disease
What is prognosis
400
an order to not use CPR
What is Do not resuscitate (DNR)
400
a person judged to be mature enough to understand a physician's instructions
What is mature minor
400
risks and benefits must be discussed if this happens
What is treatment is refused
500
a disease resulting in infections that occur as a result of exposure to HIV; causes the immune system to break down
AIDS
500
to prevent substantial harm to an innocent third party
moral obligation
500
allows an agent to make decisions for a patient
durable power of attorney
500
person between the ages of 15 and 18 who is either married, in the military, or self supporting and no longer lives with their parent
What is an emancipated minor
500
the patient must receive the information that other patients receive
What is the reasonable person standard
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