Medical Law & Ethics Review

A durable power of attorney provides instructions directly to physicians about when treatment should be discontinued.

• True

• False

A tort is a civil wrong committed against a person or property

• True

• False

A crime occurs only if there is a law forbidding a certain act.

• True

• False

A person who is judged by the court to be insane, senile, or mentally disabled cannot give informed consent.

• True

• False

A living will is a legal document that makes known a person's wishes about life-support measures.

• True

• False

Once granted, a health care practitioner's license cannot be revoked

• True

• False

Licensure is a mandatory process, established by law and required of certain health care practitioners.

• True

• False

It is illegal for clients admitted to hospitals to specify that they do not want to be resuscitated if their hearts stop.

• True

• False

Information that is held private between a physician and client is referred to as:

• privileged information

• informed consent

• reciprocity

• law of agency

Which of the following persons can legally give informed consent?

• Mike, age 21, who needs repair of a gunshot wound

• Susie, age 17, who need stitches

• Sabrina, age 19, who was driving while intoxicated and had a car wreck

• Adam, age 10, who needs an immunization against tetanus