PHS Legal and Ethics Review

How can the medical assistant use reasonable care when sending health information via fax?

• Verify the fax number.
• Direct the fax to a certain person.
• Use cover sheets that stress confidentiality.
• All of the above are correct.

Mr. Jones goes to a medical office with chest pain. The physician orders an antacid and does NOT do an EKG. That night, Mr. Jones dies from heart attack. The doctor could be charged with:

• slander
• defamation
• negligence
• battery

An EMT is charged with battery. What did the EMT do?

• informed the news media of a victims condition
• treated a victim, even though the victim refused treatment
• failed to splint a broken leg and then moved the victim
• used inappropriate words to describe a victims nationality

Shonda, a medical assistant in Dr. Reeds office, knows there are boxes of sample medications left by the pharmaceutical reps. Mrs. Dunning, a patient says she can not afford her and her husbands meds. Shonda giver her some samples. Why should Shonda not do this?

• This is slander by Shonda
• This is robbery by Shonda
• This is a misdemeanor by Shonda
• This is a breach of Shonda's scope of practice

A dental assistant tells her friends that a hygienist she works with has a drinking problem. If this is NOT true, the assistant could be guilty of:

• slander
• malpractice
• battery
• libel

Jan Shevlin goes to the laboratory for blood work. She cooperates with the phlebotomist by extending her arm to have blood drawn. What kinds of agreement did the phlebotomist have with this patient?

• informed consent
• formal consent
• implied contract
• expressed contract

An angry patient writes a letter to the newspaper editor about a local psychologist. The allegations in the letter are clearly untrue and damaging the the psychologist's practice. The letter writer could be guilty of:

• assault
• battery
• slander
• libel

Don is caring for elderly mother. He could be charged with psychological abuse if he:

• threatens to lock her in her room
• uses profanity when he talks to her
• does not give her enough to eat and drink
• hits her

All healthcare providers must strive to improve their patient’s health, to do the most good for the patient in every situation. This is the definition of

• Justice
• Nonmalifience
• Beneficence
• Autonomy

Rob, an EMT, is called to an accident scene where a famous TV star has been injured. After work Rob's girlfriend asks Rob about the star's injuries. If Rob tells her this information, he is in violation of what?

• HIPAA
• HUD
• ACLU
• AARP