Legal Issues in Medicine

Who does the Patients Bill of Rights help?

• Residents of long term care facilities

• All patients in any healthcare facility

• Healthcare professionals working in hospitals

• Only patient's who are in a hospital

Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person is:

• Negligence

• Abuse

• Malpractice

• Tort

If a health care worker sends information to a different healthcare office without the patient's written consent, this can be considered:

• A violation of HIPAA

• Slander

• Libel

• Invasion of Privacy

Spreading false rumors on social media that you heard about a classmate which cause the person to be ridiculed or damages their reputation is known as:

• Slander

• Libel

• Invasion of privacy

• Abuse

What is HIPAA?

• A law to protect the privacy of your health records

• A law to protect doctors from unnecessary lawsuits

• An organization to oversee the privacy of health records

• A document which lists all the advanced directives you have

If a person pulls out a gun, points it at you but does not shoot, they are guilty of:

• Negligence

• Assault

• Battery

• Abuse

If a nurse leaves a patients medical records in a central location for other patients to see, he/she may be guilty of:

• Negligence

• Malpractice

• Libel

• Slander

If a nurse slaps an uncooperative patient, he/she is guilty of:

• Malpractice

• Assault

• Negligence

• Battery

Which of the following is an example of a civil case?

• Accidentally giving a patient the wrong medicine

• Practicing medicine without a license

• Informing the media of a person's medical condition

• Performing a procedure the patient has refused

If a nurse threatens to restrain a patient who is being uncooperative, he/she is guilty of:

• Battery

• Assault

• Invasion of privacy

• Defamation of character