NHA CCMA Certification study guide
Negligence -
\Most common type of medical tort liability
Defendant -
\A person being sued
Abandonment -
\The person of a physician from the care of a patient with out reasonable notice of such
discharge from the case by the patient is
Assault -
\An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is
Reasonable care -
\The healthcare worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted
reasonable as compared with the fellow workers.
Brcach -
\The breaking of a law, promise,or duty
Statute of limitations -
\The time established for filling law suit
Tort -
\A wrong committed against another person or the person's property
Plaintiff -
\One who institutes a lawsuit
Privileged communication -
\Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without
consent of the person who gave it
Negligence -
\Failure to do something that is reasonable person would do under ordinary
circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person
Defamation -
\Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a
third person
Contract -
, \An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite
Incompetence -
\Lack of physical or mental fitness
Judgement -
\The final decision of a court in an action or suit
Respondeate superior -
\Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee
Non compos mentis -
\A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound of mind
Emancipated minor -
\A person who is no longer under the care,custody,or supervision of a parent
Medical Grievance -
\An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about
medical care or excessive feees is called a committee.
Res gestae -
\Latin for "things done;deeds",the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in
question
Deposition -
\Testimony of a witness under oath and writtern down before trial for possible use when
the case comes to trial
Civil law -
\A statute that enforces private right and liabilities,as differentiated from criminal law
Breach of duty -
\Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty
Battery -
\A deliberate physical attack upon a person
qui facit per alium facit per se -
\Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself"
Bioethics -
\The branch of study of moral issues,questions,and problems arising in the practice of
medicine and in biomedical research
Expert testimony -
Negligence -
\Most common type of medical tort liability
Defendant -
\A person being sued
Abandonment -
\The person of a physician from the care of a patient with out reasonable notice of such
discharge from the case by the patient is
Assault -
\An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is
Reasonable care -
\The healthcare worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted
reasonable as compared with the fellow workers.
Brcach -
\The breaking of a law, promise,or duty
Statute of limitations -
\The time established for filling law suit
Tort -
\A wrong committed against another person or the person's property
Plaintiff -
\One who institutes a lawsuit
Privileged communication -
\Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without
consent of the person who gave it
Negligence -
\Failure to do something that is reasonable person would do under ordinary
circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person
Defamation -
\Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a
third person
Contract -
, \An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite
Incompetence -
\Lack of physical or mental fitness
Judgement -
\The final decision of a court in an action or suit
Respondeate superior -
\Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee
Non compos mentis -
\A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound of mind
Emancipated minor -
\A person who is no longer under the care,custody,or supervision of a parent
Medical Grievance -
\An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patient's complaints about
medical care or excessive feees is called a committee.
Res gestae -
\Latin for "things done;deeds",the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in
question
Deposition -
\Testimony of a witness under oath and writtern down before trial for possible use when
the case comes to trial
Civil law -
\A statute that enforces private right and liabilities,as differentiated from criminal law
Breach of duty -
\Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty
Battery -
\A deliberate physical attack upon a person
qui facit per alium facit per se -
\Latin for "he who acts through another acts for himself"
Bioethics -
\The branch of study of moral issues,questions,and problems arising in the practice of
medicine and in biomedical research
Expert testimony -
