Healthcare Law and Ethics

Healthcare Law and Ethics

Mrs.April Hagans

Poll

What are the most important reasons for you to study law and ethics?

• to help you function at the highest possible professional level

• to help you avoid legal entanglements

• to avoid judgment

• to earn your paycheck

Learning Outcomes

• Explain why knowledge of law and ethics is important to health care practitioners

• Distinguish among law, ethics, bioethics , etiquette and protocol

• Define moral values and explain how they relate to law, ethics, and etiquette

• Discuss the Characteristics and skills most likely to lead to a successful career in one of the health care professions

Open Ended

In 2006 a five year old boy called 911 and told them that his mom had passed out. The operator scolded the boy and logged the call as a child's prank. Three hours later the boy called 911 again and another operator answered. She also scolded the boy but sent officers to the home. The officer found the boys mother lying unresponsive on the flood. EMS arrived 20 minutes later and determining that the woman was dead and probably died within the past two hours.

Are the 911 operators responsible for the mothers death?

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of litigious?

• prone to sue

• honesty

• prone to lie

Fill in the Blanks

The person bringing charges in a lawsuit

Fill in the Blanks

Another term that means legally responsible

Open Ended

Does the term precedent mean?