YOU KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT
What is another name for truthfulness?
VERACITY
BELIEFS ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG ARE WHAT?
MORALS
TERM FOR A SERIOUS CRIME PUNISHABLE BY DEATH OR IMPRISONMENT?
FELONY
What type of laws protects health professionals who provide emergency care at the scene of an accident?
Good Samaritan laws
What is the name for the crime of billing an insurance company for tests and procedures that were never performed?
FRAUD
THE CONCEPT OF DOING THE BEST POSSIBLE IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
BENEFICENCE
a CLAIM THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE HONORED? STRONGER THAN A WISH OR NEED.
RIGHT
KNOWN AS A LESSER CRIME?
MISDEMEANOR
What does the doctrine of respondeat superior mean?
"LET THE MASTER ANSWER"
The physician is liable for the negligent actions of his or her employees.
Which 1990 law recognizes the rights of adults to refuse treatment for disease?
Patient Self-Determination Act
THE CONCEPT OF BEING FAITHFUL IS KNOW AS WHAT?
FIDELITY
A physician on a temporary assignment is called?
LOCUM TENENS
THE PROCESS OF TAKING A LAWSUIT TO COURT?
LITIGATION
A physician has discontinued care of a patient without properly notifying the patient. This is called:
ABANDONMENT
What type of consent occurs if a patient offers an arm when the medical assistant says it is time to obtain a blood sample?
IMPLIED CONSENT
DO NO HARM
TERM THAT MEANS THE ABILITY TO MAKE INDEPENDENT DECISIONS WITHOUT CONSTRAINT OR COERCION BY OTHERS?
AUTONOMY
MALPRACTICE INSURANCE IS ALSO CALLED?
LIABILITY INSURANCE
What is a court summons ordering a recipient to appear before a court and produce documents (such as a paper medical record or a certified copy of an electronic medical record?
Subpoena duces tecum
What is the name for a minor who is allowed to choose or reject health care treatment without parental consent?
MATURE MINOR
THE BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT DEWALS WITH STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR OR BELIEFS IS WHAT?
ETHICS
NEGOTIATION BY A THIRD PARTY TO HELP TWO PARTIES RESOLVE A DISPUTE IS?
MEDIATION
Laws that deals with disputes between individuals and/or groups of people?
CIVIL LAW
What is the legal nature of the doctor-patient relationship?
CONTRACT
THE TERM THAT MEANS "IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF"? A LEGAL DOCTRINE THAT ASSUMES NEGLIGENCE BECAUSE IF THE TYPE OF INJURY.
RES iSpa loquitur