Medical Law and Ethics Review

In the United States, which branch develops statutory laws, which are written laws, and vary from regulatory, administrative and common laws?

• executive branch

• judicial branch

• legislative branch

• none of the above

___________ is the morals, moral principles, and moral judgments that healthcare professionals use to determine whether an action should be allowed based on “right and wrong”.

• Common Law

• Medical Ethics

• Medical Law

• Administrative Law

The person or entity that is being sued is called

• Plaintiff

• Witness

• Jury

• Defendant

The American Medical Board accredits more than 21,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States.

• True

• False

_____________ is the acknowledgement of a person (usually the patient) regarding the risks and alternatives involved in a treatment, as well as permission for the treatment to be performed.

• Surrogacy

• Consent

• Medical Research

• Bioethics

A placebo is a harmless pill WITH therapeutic effect.

• True

• False

A tort is a wrongdoing or violation of civil law.

• True

• False

A serious crime punishable by relatively large fines and/or imprisonment for more than 1 year and, in extreme cases, death.

• misdemeanor

• felony

• damage

• lawsuit

Res ipsa loquitur,

• means “the thing speaks for itself”

• means "do no harm"

• means there is a clear evidence of negligence

• both the first and third answers are correct

Good Samaritan Law bases the decision making on the greatest good for the greatest number

• true

• false