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Healthcare Legal and Ethics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Medical ethics have been around since the time of

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Hercules

c)

Einstein

d)

Hawking

2.

Knowing your limitations is an

a)

Ethical behavior

b)

Unethical Behavior

3.

A ____________ is an advanced directive that indicates that if a patient stops breathing or if their heart stops, not to perform advanced cardiac life support, CPR, etc.

a)

DVD

b)

DRN

c)

DMR

d)

DNR

4.

If there is a concern that a child or others may be at risk of immediate harm you may share information about a patient's confidences

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Health Care Workers are not responsible for helping to protect everyone in the work place.

a)

are responsible for helping to protect everyone in the work place

b)

are not responsible for helping to protect everyone in the work place

c)

are responsible for helping to protect only themselves in the work place

d)

are responsible for helping to protect medical equipment only in the work place

6.

Which of the following is a legal document that grants another person the authority to make legal decisions for you?

a)

Advanced Directives

b)

Durable Power of Attorney

c)

DNR

d)

Good Samaritans Law

7.

Performing an act that a reasonable person would not have done, or not doing something that a reasonable person would have done in the same or similar circumstances that result in harm to a patient is known as...

a)

Confidentiality

b)

Malpractice

c)

Negligence

d)

Duty of care

8.

Civil law is also known as ________ law.

a)

Tort

b)

Personal

c)

Minor

d)

None of the above

9.

This type of law pertains to a crime in which the guilty party is punished by incarceration and possible fines.

a)

Civil law

b)

Personal law

c)

Minor law

d)

Criminal law

10.

Laws that protect people from legal action after voluntarily giving emergency medical aid while using reasonable care are known as....

a)

Civil law

b)

Good Samaritans law

c)

Criminal law

d)

Personal law