Medical Ethics
Feelings, judgments and actions that are associated with what is right and wrong
what are ethics
Occurs when a provider treats patients, but does not follow established medical standards. Patient suffers harm as a result (medical professional liability)
What is Medical Malpractice
List of questions from one party to the other in a lawsuit
What is Interrogatories
A law that came into effect in 1906 that prohibited the misbranding of food and drugs. It is enforced by the FDA.
What is the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
The disclosing of private facts without consent of the individual
What is invasion of privacy
Made the Code of Ethics in 1803
Who is Thomas Percival
Implies inattention to one's duty or business, or a lack of necessary diligence or care.
What is Negligence
An oral testimony of a party or a witness in a civil or criminal proceeding before the trial. Must be under oath.
What is Deposition
Federal statute that was signed into law in 2010, with the goal to provide Americans with affordable health insurance.
What is the Affordable Care Act
Legally protected right of patients
What is confidentiality
Published the Medical Assistant Code of Ethics
What is the AAMA
Involves failure to perform an act that should have been performed
What is Nonfeasance
A court-issued document that requires a person to be present at a specific time and place to testify as a witness in a lawsuit
What is Subpoena
Establishes quality standards and regulates laboratory testing. The quality standards focus on accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of test results. Passed in 1988
What is the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA)
A rule that has created national standards that protect health records and other patient information
What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule
A problem in which a definite action is indicated, but prevented due to the presence of barriers
What is Ethical Distress
An illegal act or an act that is morally incorrect
What is Malfeasance
A court order to produce documents or records.
What is subpoena duces tecum
Created and enforced by OSHA in 1970 to set workplace standards and conduct inspections to ensure employee safety
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act
A process on which the medical assistant can assist patients in completing a form to request their information be given to another person
What is the disclosure authorization process
A situation in which benefits or resources may not be able to be fairly distributed, particularly to those who may be most deserving of them
What are Justice-related Dilemmas
The failure of a provider to perform their duty. The first D of negligence.
What is Dereliction
A type of liability coverage purchased by companies to protect businesses from lawsuits for property loss and bodily injury from nonemployees.
What is General Liability or Commercial Liability Insurance
Signed into law in 2000, the goal being to decrease the risk of healthcare workers' exposure to blood-borne diseases
What is the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act
Under HIPAA, these are treated with higher levels of confidentiality. They include the patient-provider details from mental heath treatment either from private, group, or family therapy.
What are psychotherapy notes