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abuse - -...any care that results in physical appoint another person to make any decisions
harm, pain, or mental anguish regarding health care if the principal should
become unable to make decisions
advance directives - -...legal documents
that allow individuals to state what medical Durable Power of Attorney - -...Document
treatment they want or do not want in the event that appoints another person to make any
that they become incapacitated and are unable decisions regarding health care if the principal
to express their wishes regarding medical care should become unable to make decisions
agent - -...in contract law this person is ethics - -a set of principles relating to what
working under the employer in this role is morally right or wrong
assault and battery - -...threat or attempt to expressed contracts - -...stated in distinct
injure or the unlawful touching of another person and clear language, either orally or in writing ex.
without consent surgical permit
civil law - -A law that governs relationships false imprisonment - -...restraining or
between individuals and defines their legal rights. restricting an individual's freedom
confidentiality - -information about the health care records - -...privilege
patient must remain private and can be shared communications that contain information about
only with other members of the patient's health the care provided to the patient
care team
implied contracts - -...obligations that are
contract - -...an agreement between two or understood without verbally expressed terms
more parties
informed consent - -permission granted
criminal law - -...deals with the wrongs voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and
against a persons property example: practicing aware of all factors involved
without a license
invasion of privacy - -...includes
defamation - -...occurs when false unnecessarily exposing an individual or revealing
statements either cause a person to be ridiculed personal information about and individual without
or damage there person's reputation that person's consent
designation of health care surrogate - -...to legal - -...based on law
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slander - -...spoken defamation
legal disability - -...a person who does not
have legal capacity to form a contract tort - -...wrongful act that does not involve a
contract
libel - -...written defamation
Law - -societal rules or regulations that are
adviseable or obligatory to observe (mandatory,
living wills - -...documents that allow face civil or criminal liability).
individuals to state what measures should or
should not be taken to prolong life when their
conditions are terminal Ethics - -moral standards and a code for
behavior that govern an individual's interactions
with others and within society.
malpractice - -...professional negligence
Bioethics - -the ethical implications of
negligence - -...failure to give care that is biomedical technology and its practices; life &
normally expected of a person in a particular death issues; local, organizational, personal,
position, resulting in injury to another person worldwide implications
Patient self determination act - -...federal Morality - -what is believed to be right and
law that ensures patients are informed of their wrong.
rights
Medical Ethics - -"applied ethics;" the
Patients' Bill of Rights - -...List of patient practical application of moral standards that
rights honored by hospitals concern benefiting the patient.
patients' rights - -...the factors of care that Difference between 'morality' & 'ethics' - -
patients can expect to receive "Morality is what people do in fact believe to be
right and good, while ethics is the critical
reflection about morality and the rational analysis
privileged communications - -...comprise of it."- Fletcher
all information given to health care personnel by
a patient
What shapes the US - -Law; the US is a
litigous society
Resident's Bill of Rights - -...List of resident
rights honored by long term care facilities
Conflict - -Sometimes law, ethics &
bioethics conflict
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The ultimate goal - -to understand complex items of unprofessional conduct 1 - -
health care public policy from all sides of an practicing without a liscense
issue.
items of unprofessional conduct 2 - -
The Primary Duty - -to protect our patients impaired ability to practice due to addiction or
from harm mental illness
The conection between law and ethics - - items of unprofessional conduct 3 - -
generally, if something is illegal, it's unethical, but conviction of a felony
if it's unethical, it may still be legal.
items of unprofessional conduct 4 - -
preventive medicine - -ordering insufficient record keeping
unnecessary tests & procedures, or avoiding to
order risky tests & procedures in order to cover
all the legal bases and avoid a lawsuit items of unprofessional conduct 5 - -
allowing an unlicensed person to practice
medicine
problems with the law 1 - -the law allows
many morally offensive actions
items of unprofessional conduct 6 - -
physical abuse of patients
problems with the law 2 - -not all laws are
are enforced
items of unprofessional conduct 7 - -
prescribing drugs in excessive amounts
problems with the law 3 - -the law does not
cover every situation a person may encounter
Medical ethics 2 - -mandates that the
welfare and confidentiality of the individual
difference between 'law' and 'morality' - - patients must be the chief concern
law= requirements are negative
morality= standards are positive
eg: morality says help the drowning man, the law Philosophies of ethics - -Utilitariansim
does not require you to help, simple to not drown Rights-Based Ethics
him yourself. Duty-Based Ethics
Virtue-Based Ethics
Medical Malpractice Acts - -in all 50 states;
define how medicine is practiced in a particular Theories of ethics - -teleological theory
state. deontological theory
abuse - -...any care that results in physical appoint another person to make any decisions
harm, pain, or mental anguish regarding health care if the principal should
become unable to make decisions
advance directives - -...legal documents
that allow individuals to state what medical Durable Power of Attorney - -...Document
treatment they want or do not want in the event that appoints another person to make any
that they become incapacitated and are unable decisions regarding health care if the principal
to express their wishes regarding medical care should become unable to make decisions
agent - -...in contract law this person is ethics - -a set of principles relating to what
working under the employer in this role is morally right or wrong
assault and battery - -...threat or attempt to expressed contracts - -...stated in distinct
injure or the unlawful touching of another person and clear language, either orally or in writing ex.
without consent surgical permit
civil law - -A law that governs relationships false imprisonment - -...restraining or
between individuals and defines their legal rights. restricting an individual's freedom
confidentiality - -information about the health care records - -...privilege
patient must remain private and can be shared communications that contain information about
only with other members of the patient's health the care provided to the patient
care team
implied contracts - -...obligations that are
contract - -...an agreement between two or understood without verbally expressed terms
more parties
informed consent - -permission granted
criminal law - -...deals with the wrongs voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and
against a persons property example: practicing aware of all factors involved
without a license
invasion of privacy - -...includes
defamation - -...occurs when false unnecessarily exposing an individual or revealing
statements either cause a person to be ridiculed personal information about and individual without
or damage there person's reputation that person's consent
designation of health care surrogate - -...to legal - -...based on law
, HOSA Medical Law and Ethics with Complete Solutions
slander - -...spoken defamation
legal disability - -...a person who does not
have legal capacity to form a contract tort - -...wrongful act that does not involve a
contract
libel - -...written defamation
Law - -societal rules or regulations that are
adviseable or obligatory to observe (mandatory,
living wills - -...documents that allow face civil or criminal liability).
individuals to state what measures should or
should not be taken to prolong life when their
conditions are terminal Ethics - -moral standards and a code for
behavior that govern an individual's interactions
with others and within society.
malpractice - -...professional negligence
Bioethics - -the ethical implications of
negligence - -...failure to give care that is biomedical technology and its practices; life &
normally expected of a person in a particular death issues; local, organizational, personal,
position, resulting in injury to another person worldwide implications
Patient self determination act - -...federal Morality - -what is believed to be right and
law that ensures patients are informed of their wrong.
rights
Medical Ethics - -"applied ethics;" the
Patients' Bill of Rights - -...List of patient practical application of moral standards that
rights honored by hospitals concern benefiting the patient.
patients' rights - -...the factors of care that Difference between 'morality' & 'ethics' - -
patients can expect to receive "Morality is what people do in fact believe to be
right and good, while ethics is the critical
reflection about morality and the rational analysis
privileged communications - -...comprise of it."- Fletcher
all information given to health care personnel by
a patient
What shapes the US - -Law; the US is a
litigous society
Resident's Bill of Rights - -...List of resident
rights honored by long term care facilities
Conflict - -Sometimes law, ethics &
bioethics conflict
, HOSA Medical Law and Ethics with Complete Solutions
The ultimate goal - -to understand complex items of unprofessional conduct 1 - -
health care public policy from all sides of an practicing without a liscense
issue.
items of unprofessional conduct 2 - -
The Primary Duty - -to protect our patients impaired ability to practice due to addiction or
from harm mental illness
The conection between law and ethics - - items of unprofessional conduct 3 - -
generally, if something is illegal, it's unethical, but conviction of a felony
if it's unethical, it may still be legal.
items of unprofessional conduct 4 - -
preventive medicine - -ordering insufficient record keeping
unnecessary tests & procedures, or avoiding to
order risky tests & procedures in order to cover
all the legal bases and avoid a lawsuit items of unprofessional conduct 5 - -
allowing an unlicensed person to practice
medicine
problems with the law 1 - -the law allows
many morally offensive actions
items of unprofessional conduct 6 - -
physical abuse of patients
problems with the law 2 - -not all laws are
are enforced
items of unprofessional conduct 7 - -
prescribing drugs in excessive amounts
problems with the law 3 - -the law does not
cover every situation a person may encounter
Medical ethics 2 - -mandates that the
welfare and confidentiality of the individual
difference between 'law' and 'morality' - - patients must be the chief concern
law= requirements are negative
morality= standards are positive
eg: morality says help the drowning man, the law Philosophies of ethics - -Utilitariansim
does not require you to help, simple to not drown Rights-Based Ethics
him yourself. Duty-Based Ethics
Virtue-Based Ethics
Medical Malpractice Acts - -in all 50 states;
define how medicine is practiced in a particular Theories of ethics - -teleological theory
state. deontological theory
