Law & Ethics Final Flashcards

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What are the 7 Cs?

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Competence, Compliance, Communication, Courtesy, Confidentiality, Charting, Carefulness

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What are the 6 Prima Facie Duties

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Fidelity, Justice, Gratitude, Self-improvement, beneficence, nonmaleficence

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What are the 7 Principles of Biomedical Ethics?

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Autonomy, Beneficence, Confidentiality, Justice, nonmaleficence, Fidelity,Veracity

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What are the 3 types of VALUES?

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Personal, Cultural, Professional

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What is the simplest form of Consequentialism?

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Utilitarianism

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What are the 4 latin legal terms?

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Res Ipsa Loquitur, Res Judicata, Stare Decisis, Respondeat Superior

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Res Ipsa Loquitur

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Let the thing speak for itself

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Res Judicata

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The thing is decided

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Stare Decisis

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Let the decision stand

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Respondeat Superior

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Let the master respond

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The 14th Amendment rights and 1st amendment are examples of which law?

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Constitutional Law

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In case of negligence, who has the burden of proof?

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Plaintiff

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What are the 2 elements that must exist for an individual to be convicted of a crime?

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Criminal Act & Criminal Intent

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What are the 4 obstacles to communication?

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Environment, Interruptions, Interpersonal, inability to hear or see

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What is the Standard of Care?

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Obligation of healthcare professionals to do no harm and a duty to provide reasonable patient care

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What are the 4 elements of Negligence?

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-A duty was owed,
- A duty was breached,
-breached caused an injury,
-damages

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Must all 4 elements of negligence need to be included to have negligence present?

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Yes

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What is Intentional Tort Law?

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It requires willful action.
- The defendants act was intended to interfere with the plaintiff
-Consequences of the act were intended
-The act was a major factor for the consenquences

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What is the number 1 cause of deaths in a hospital?

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Medical Errors

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All of the following make hospitals dangerous except:

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Risk Management

21
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No Fun Blow Job applies to BOTH prima facie & biomedical ethics:

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Nonmaleficence, Fidelity, Beneficence, Justice

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Which of the following is NOT an obstacle to caring?

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Lack of quality equipment

23
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Caring involves Initiative

24
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Health literacy is

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The ability to read, understand, and act on Health care information

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Very Few patients you will see have trouble reading.
False
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Caring has no relationship in minimizing the risk of litigation
False
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What is an Adverse Event?
It includes any of the 28 specific occurrences involving or posing a risk of unexpected death or serious injury.
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What are 2 examples of Adverse Event?
Surgery performed on wrong body part/patient/procedure - Unintended foreign object left inside patient after surgery
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Autonomy involves which of the following:
-Informed consent -The Self -Patient rights
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Is the imaging professional ultimately responsible for the consent process?
NO, the doctor is
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The appointed of a person is to make decisions for another is
Surrogate
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A consent form may be used in place of explaining the procedure to the patient
False
33
Assault occurs when the victim is touched without giving consent
False
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Paternalism is defined as which of the following?
Father-like (God-like) caretaking
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The purpose of a time-out is to:
Conduct a final assessment. Verifying all patient's identifications, making sure the correct is marked for surgery.
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A whistle blower is:
An employee who discloses information to the government or law enforcement
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Intentional deviation from policy/procedure becomes:
-widespread -practiced -condoned
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How does deviance become part of the norm?
-Institutionalization -socialization -Rationalization
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What are the 3 important aspects of consent?
-Communication -Law -Ethics
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Intentional deviation from policy procedure become all of the following except:
A new policy
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The gradual process through which unacceptable or standards become acceptable is:
The normalization of deviance
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Name 2 types of consent:
-Simple -Informed
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Obstacles to autonomy and informed consent include all except:
Communication
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Telling a patient " Your Dr. will give you the results" is an example of:
Professional Customs Rule
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Telling a patient there is a 10% chance you will feel pain" is an example of:
Prudent person rule
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Telling a patient "it won't hurt" is an example of which rule?
Patient Preference Rule
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Touching to which the victim HAS NOT consented in called:
Battery
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Conformance with fact or reality is the definition of:
Truthfulness
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The obligation to tell the truth and not lie or deceive other is the definition of :
Veracity