Law and Ethics Foundation
Law and Ethics Definitions
Crimes
Government and Laws
Wild
100
Rules of etiquette applicable in the workplace
What is protocol
100
The plaintiff in a trial is
What is the person brining the lawsuit to court
100
The legal responsibility of a competent adult for their own action
What is liability
100
Number of branches of federal government
What is 3
100
Awarded to a plaintiff when a defendant is found guilty of a tort
What is damages
200
The first medical code of ethics was written by him.
What is Hippocrates
200
Certification is
What is voluntary credentialing that shows the level of competency
200
A more serious criminal act.
What is a felony.
200
Court of last resort
What is Supreme Court
200
Biological moral issues arising from advances in modern technology and research
What is bioethics
300
Organizations establish these to govern the behavior of their members
What is code of ethics
300
Crime punishable by less than 1 year in jail
What is misdemeanor
300
The action that causes bodily harm to someone
What is battery
300
Legal basis for a patient’s permission for medical treatment
What is doctrine of informed consent
300
The law that allows some minors to make their own decisions about medical treatment
What is the doctrine of mature minors
400
Governments enact these to keep society running smoothly
What is laws
400
Define assault
What is open threat of bodily harm
400
2 forms of alternate dispute resolution
What is mediation and arbitration
400
Laws enacted by state or federal legislatures
What is a statute
400
Act that makes discrimination in the workplace illegal
What is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
500
Laws applying specifically to the practice of medicine in a certain state
What is a Medical Practice Act
500
Define jurisdiction
What is power and authority give to a a court to hear a case and make a judgement
500
Performance of a lawful act in an illegal or improper manner
What is misfeasance
500
Exchange of promises in a contract
What is consideration
500
Primary source of information for all OSHA standards
What is Federal Register