Ch 14: Legal And Ethical Issues

Question 1

Common law

Answer 1

Developed from court decisions

Question 2

Constitutional law

Answer 2

Based on the US constitution

Question 3

Statutory law

Answer 3

Enacted by Congress or a state legislature in the form of individual statutes, which form code

Question 4

Administrative law

Answer 4

Created by administrative agencies, statute, Congress or state legislature

Question 5

Guardianship

Answer 5

Wiggly enforceable arrangement under which one person has the legal right and duty to care for another

Question 6

Guardian of the person

Answer 6

Manages and makes decisions about personal affairs of the ward, and shows that the Lord has food, shelter, and clothing as well as medical care, education, and rehab.

Question 7

Guardian of the estate

Answer 7

Managers only financial affairs and property of the ward

Question 8

Plenary guardianship

Answer 8

Cares for both personal needs and the property of the ward

Question 9

Power of attorney

Answer 9

Document in which a competent person (the principal) appoints another (the agent) to act for him or her in legal and financial matters

Question 10

Living will

Answer 10

Also called an advanced directive

Written instructions by a competent adult to a physician on providing, withholding, or withdrawing life sustaining procedures when the individual is in a terminal or permanently unconscious condition

Question 11

Durable power of attorney for health care

Answer 11

(Health care proxy)

The principal appoints an agent to make decisions about medical care in the event that the principal is unable to make those decisions.