Ethics
Illegal actions taken by a person are usually also _____
What is unethical?
This agency regulates rules to protect healthcare workers from bloodborne pathogens.
What is the Occupational Health and Safety Administration?
Insurance companies are considered this type of payer.
What are third party payers.
What is intentional torts?
This is a type of setting for patients who are dying that provides comfort measures, emotional support to patient/family and pain relief.
What is hospice care?
Which act was created to address fraud, abuse and waste; promote medical savings accounts; and simplify health insurance?
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
This act prevents patient "dumping" from one hospital to another due to non-payment.
What is the Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)?
This type of organization controls costs of health care by limiting a patient's choice of hospitals, referral to expensive specialists and length of stay in a hospital.
What is managed care organization?
When a court orders a witness or evidence to appear in court, it is this Latin phrase.
What is subpoena duces tecum?
This is an unfair dislike or preference against someone.
What is a bias?
This branch of philosophy relates to morals, principles and moral judgements.
What is ethics?
This agency protects health care workers from bloodborne pathogens.
What is OSHA?
This is the ability to safeguard another person's information.
What is confidentiality?
What provides a way of measuring actions, punishing offenders and provides moral decision-making standards?
What is the law?
This is the type of total care for patients whose disease is incurable.
What is palliative care?
This act permits competent adults to allow posthumous use of their organs through a written document.
What is the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act?
A violation of this act can result in federal criminal offense.
What is HIPAA?
This term is used to described a patient who is unable to pay for medical care.
What is indigent?
What type of law is established through court decision?
According to the brain-oriented death definition, death occurs when there is this type of brain functioning.
What is irreversible cessation of all brain function?
This state administered program was established to provide care for children from low-income families.
What is the Children's Health Initiative Program?
This is a rule or law made by an agency.
What is a regulation?
These are guidelines for the practice of a profession.
What is scope of practice?
This is professional misconduct or demonstration of an unreasonable lack of skill with the result of injury, loss, or damage to the patient.
What is malpractice?
This is the definition of an irreversible coma.
What is unreceptive and unresponsive to painful stimuli, no reflexes, fixed dilated pupils, no eye movement, no deep tendon reflexes?