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Laws - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ societal rules or regulations
that are advisable or obligatory to observe
Ethics - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ set of moral standards and
a code for behavior that govern an individuals
interactions with other individuals and within society
Bioethics - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ ethical implications of
biomedical technology and its practices
Ethical issues in modern medicine - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
medical fertility, do not resuscitate orders, artificial
sources of nutrition, palliative care, euthanasia, organ
transplantation, reproductive rights/abortion
3 brances of government - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Legislative- makes laws
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Executive- administers laws
Judicial- enforces laws
2 types of law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Common law
Statutory law
common law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A legal system
based on custom and court rulings
also called case law
Statutory law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Law enacted by
Congress, or by state legislatures or local legislative
bodies.
Administrative law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ administrative
agencies are given the power to enact regulations that
also have the force of law
Civil law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ type of law that affects
relations between individuals, corporations, government
agencies, and other organizations
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criminal law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ acts committed
against the welfare and safety of the public or society
as a whole
felony - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ crime punishable by
death or imprisonment for more than a year
misdemeanor - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ crime punishable
by a fine or imprisonment for up to 1 year
appellant - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ one who appeals a
case
trial process - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ jury selection
opening statements
examination
cross examination
closing arguments
jury deliberation
verdict
guilty or not guilty
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Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
enforces the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and
Control Act of 1970, or Controlled Substances Act
Registrant - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ according to the law,
the only person allowed to issue prescriptions
Schedule I Drugs - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ high potential
for abuse and have no current medical use
heroin and LSD
Schedule II Drugs - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ have current
medical use in U.S. but with severe restrictions
Morphine (narcotic) and Ritalin (non-narcotic)
Schedule III Drugs - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ have less
potential for abuse than I and II drugs but can lead to
moderate/low physical dependence or high
psychological dependence; requires prescription
Vicodin (narcotic) and Didrex (non-narcotic)
Schedule IV Drugs - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ have lower
potential for abuse than III drugs but can lead to limited