Legalities in Healthcare

A person harmed because of another person's actions or failure to act is called a ________________.

• tort

• law

• liability

• malpractice

What are rules of conduct, enforced by the government

• laws

• torts

• ethics

• ethics

__________ is a voluntary agreement between two or more people, examples include implied or expressed.

• disclosure

• Code of Ethics

• contract

• law

The injured patient must show that the physician acted negligently in rendering care, and that such negligence resulted in injury. Must prove 1) a professional duty owed to the patient; 2) breach of such duty; 3) injury caused by the breach; and 4) resulting damages is known as ______________ or professional negligence.

• tort

• Code of Ethics

• liability

• medical malpractice

_________________ is a term when a person's freedom is intentionally violated.

• slander

• false imprisonment

• battery

• liability

_________________ is speaking false words about people.

• slander

• battery

• liability

• ethics

_ failure to use ordinary or reasonable care.

• Standard of reasonable care
• Liability
• Malpractice 
• Negligence 

Which of the following are examples of medical malpractice?

• Surgical Error

• Delayed Diagnosis

• Medication Error

• All of the above

What is a legal document that allows people to state what medical treatment they want or do not want in the event they are unable to make decisions or communicate?

• battery

• advance directive

• slander

• Code of Ethics

What is the proper procedure for documentation error correction?

• white out incorrect information, initial and date

• add corrected information below error, initial and date

• draw a line through the error, add correct information, initial and date

• black out incorrect information, initial and date