Final - 23 Flashcards
Abandonment
Termination of the patient-professional relationship in a manner that denies the patient necessary medical care
Anti Kick Back Statue
A criminal statute that prohibits the exchange (or offer to exchange) of anything of value in an effort to receive the reward of federal healthcare program business
Battery
The intentional offensive or harmful touching of another person without that person’s consent
Code of Hammurabi
A collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice
Conspiracy
An agreement made by two or more people to perform an illegal or harmful act
Clinical Trials
A series of research tests performed on human subjects to determine the effectiveness and safety of a new drug
Coining
Is a old asian practice that some may consider abuse
Competent
The capacity of a person to understand a situation and to act reasonably
DNR
A medical order written by a doctor that instructs healthcare providers not to use cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if breathing stops or the heart stops beating
Electronic Health Records
An electronic record of health-related information about an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability
Equal Protection Clause
A clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that is intended to end all remaining discrimination resulting from slavery and requires state laws to protect each citizen equally
Eugenics
The study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable
Felony
A serious crime that typically involves violence and is usually punishable by at least one year in a state prison, or death
Genetic Engineering
Any process by which genetic material is changed to make possible the production of new substances or new functions
General Intent
A mental plan to do something that is against the law, whether the specific results that eventually occur were meant to happen or not
EMTALA
A law created to ensure public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay
Genetics
A field of biology concerned with the study of heredity and gene variation
HIV/Hepatitis
A virus that attacks the body’s immune system
Hospice Care
Medical care that focuses on patient comfort and quality of life rather than curing the patient’s disease; generally appropriate for someone with a terminal illness and life expectancy six months or less
Hippocrates
An oath attributed to the ancient Greek known as Hippocrates that requires a new physician to swear upon a number of healing foods to uphold professional ethical standards; strongly binds the student to the teacher and the greater community of physicians
Imhotep
Imhotep is thought to have diagnosed and treated over 200 diseases in his lifetime
Jack Kevorkian
Murad Jacob “Jack” Kevorkian was an Armenian-American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient’s right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, “Dying is not a crime”. Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end
Libel
Defamation that occurs in a written format
Mandated Reporter
A person who has a legal requirement to report
