MEDICAL ETHICS
CONCERNED WITH WHETHER A HEALTHCARE WORKER CATIONS ARE RIGHT OR WRONG
WHAT IS MEDICAL ETHICS?
REFERS TO LAWS THAT ENFORCE PRIVATE RIGHTS
WHAT IS CIVIL LAW?
LEGAL DOC GRANTING ANOTHER PERSON AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS
WHAT IS A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY?
METHOD OF RESOLVING DISPUTES OUTSIDE COURTROOM
WHAT IS ARBITRATION?
ALLOWS ONLY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THE RIGHT TO ACCESS PERSONAL INFO
WHAT IS CONFIDENTIALITY?
CONCERNED WITH WHETEHER A HC WORKERS ACTIONS ARE LEGAL OR ILLEGAL
WHAT IS MEDICAL LAW?
DEALS W CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR THAT COULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS IMPRISONMENT
WHAT IS CRIMINAL LAW?
a minor is a minor who has been judicially emancipated from their parents, or has reached the age of majority and is therefore free from their control
WHAT IS AN EMANCIPATED MINOR?
professional negligence by a healthcare provider whose treatment falls below the accepted standard of care, resulting in injury or harm to a patient
WHAT IS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE?
a 1996 federal law that protects private patient health data and helps workers keep their health insurance when changing or losing a job. President Bill Clinton signed the law on August 21, 1996.
WHAT IS HIPAA?
GROUPS THAT CONSIDER ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF THE FACILITIES PATIENTS
WHAT ARE ETHICS COMMITTEES?
NOT PROTECTING MODESTY OF A PATIENT AND OR REVEALING PATIENET INFO WITHOUT CONSENT
WHAT IS INVASION OF PRIVACY?
a legal and ethical obligation that requires medical professionals to treat patients with the reasonable skill, care, and diligence expected of a competent provider
WHAT IS DUTY OF CARE?
TOUCHING A PERSON WITHOUT PERMISSION
WHAT IS BATTERY?
UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES OR OFFENSIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
CONCEPTS, IDEAS, BELIEFS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO A PERSON
WHAT ARE VALUES?
PERSON THAT INSURES PATIENTS ARE NOT ABUSED AND LEGAL RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED
WHAT IS AN OMBUDSMAN?
DESIGNED TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ACT REASONABLY TO HELP A PERSON FROM LEGAL ACTION
WHAT ARE GOOD SAMARITAN LAWS?
ACT OF DAMAGING SOMEONES NAME OR REPUTATION
WHAT IS DEFAMATION?
Doctors, hospitals, or medical staff treating patients unfairly or provide lower-quality services based on personal identity or background.
WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION?
EXAMPLES OF UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN A MEDICAL WORKPLACE
WHAT ARE:
RUDE BEHAVIOR TO A PATIENT
BEING UNGROOMED AT WORK
GOSSIPING ABOUT PATIENTS
LYING ABOUT A MISTAKE
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AN ADVANCED DIRECTIVE THAT CPR OR ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT IS REFUSED
WHAT IS A DNR (DO NOT RESUSCITATE)?
A 1990 federal law that requires healthcare institutions receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds to inform adult patients about their rights to make medical decisions and execute advance directives
WHAT IS THE PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT?
VERBAL DEFAMATION INCLUDING GOSSIP
WHAT IS SLANDER?
A PATIENETS RESPONSIBILITY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
WHAT IS INFORMED CONSENT?