Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Quiz

What is the focus of criminal law in healthcare?

• Dealing with behavior known as crime

• Dealing with the legal capacity to form a contract

• Dealing with the protection of a person's rights

• Dealing with the legal relationships between people

What is malpractice commonly called?

• Invasion of privacy

• Assault and battery

• Informed consent

• Professional negligence

What does negligence in healthcare refer to?

• Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind

• Failure to give care that is normally expected

• Unlawful touching of another person without consent

• Threat or attempt to injure

What does assault in healthcare include?

• Threat or attempt to injure

• Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind

• Failure to give care that is normally expected

• Unlawful touching of another person without consent

What is the purpose of informed consent in healthcare?

• To unlawfully touch another person without consent

• To explain all risks involved in a procedure

• To reveal personal information without consent

• To restrict an individual's freedom without authorization

What does false imprisonment refer to?

• Restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom without authorization

• Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind

• Any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish

• Failure to give care that is normally expected

What does abuse in healthcare include?

• Threat or attempt to injure

• Physical harm, pain, or mental anguish

• Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind

• Unlawful touching of another person without consent

What does the Privacy Act in healthcare aim to protect?

• Informational invasions of privacy

• Health care records

• Physical invasions of privacy

• Privileged communications

What is the purpose of advance directives for health care?

• To state what medical treatment individuals want or do not want in the event of incapacitation

• To unlawfully touch another person without consent

• To restrict an individual's freedom without authorization

• To reveal personal information without consent

LO 2.3 Failure to use reasonable care that an ordinary person would use

• Liability

• Negligence

• Duty of Care

• Malfeasance