The defendant may use contributory negligence as a defense in a lawsuit if the patient knew the _____________ before treatment
What is inherent risk?
100
_______ _________implies that the patient understands the risks involved in the proposed treatment, reasons the treatment is necessary, and proposed modes of treatment
What is Informed consent?
200
A legal case that serves as a model for future cases is said to have established
What is precedent?
200
Crimes punishable by imprisonment in jail for less than one year are
What is misdemeanors?
200
____________ is awarded to a plaintiff when a defendant is found guilty of a tort
What is damages?
200
If a Dr sends an email to a patient about an illness, the copy of that email should be
What is placed in the patient's chart?
200
Consent is unnecessary in
What is emergency situations?
300
A pledge for physicians that remains influential today is
What is Hippocratic oath?
300
An offense punishable by death or imprisonment in a state or federal prison for more than one year is called
What is felony?
300
Physicians generally are not required to break patient confidentiality in court, because of the legal concept that holds the physician-patient relationship as
What is privileged communication?
300
______________is the time limit for filing a lawsuit
What is statue of limitation?
300
Medical records are
What is legal documents?
400
Those who are trained to administer medical or health care to patients
What is health care practitioners?
400
A health care practitioner who uses dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving, or attempting to deprive, another of his or her rights has committed
What is fraud?
400
During a physician's trial for negligence, the person who can establish the standard of care for the defendant's area of medicine is the
What is expert witness?
400
The assertion of innocence as a defense against malpractice charges is call
What is denial?
400
Your first rule to follow before records can be released is
What is getting the patient's authorization in writing?
500
A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial is
What is summary judgment?
500
State governments have three branches: ___________, executive, and judicial
What is legislative?
500
There are _______ D's of negligence
What is four?
500
Under _____________ a claim may not be retried between the same two parties if it has been legally resolved
What is Res judicata?
500
Name two of the 5 C's for correctly entering information into a medical records
What is Concise, complete, clear, correct, and chronologically?