Medical Law and Ethics

Identify the tort:

Administration of medications by an unauthorized person

Identify the tort:

The side rail is left down and the patient falls out of bed, fracturing his hip

Identify the tort:

Sending information to an insurance company without the patient’s consent

Identify the tort:

Threatening to hit a patient

Identify the tort:

Telling the news media a patient has a drug problem when another condition exists.

Health care is mainly affected by criminal laws.

• True

• False

Verbal consent is permitted for some procedures, but it must be informed consent.

• True

• False

Health care professionals must know and follow the state laws that set standards for their professions.

• True

• False

A person with a legal disability does not have the legal capacity to form a contract.

• False

• True

A principal is always responsible for the actions of an agent.

• False

• True