Legal Responsibilities & Medical Ethics Review POHS

_____ are those that are authorized or based on law.

• Morals
• Legal Responsibilities
• Medical Ethics
• Guidelines

_____ are a set of principles relating to what is morally right to wrong.

• Ethics
• Guidelines
• Laws
• none of these

Focuses on legal relationships between people and the protection of a person's rights.

• Civil Law
• Criminal Law
• Moral Law
• none of these

Focuses on wrongs against a person, property, or society as a whole.

• Civil Law
• Criminal Law
• Moral Law
• none of these

A patient’s instructions, usually relating to end-of-life issues, regarding what medical treatment they want or do not want if they are unable to express their wishes.

• Advance Directives
• Living Instructions
• Durable Directions
• none of these

Advance Directives are legally binding.

• True
• False

These are types of advance directives.

• Living wills
• Durable Power of Attorney (POA)
• Both of these
• Neither of these

Living wills frequently result in a "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) order.

• True
• False