MDA 165 MEDICAL LAW & ETHICS VOCABULARY REVIEW EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
litigious - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Quick to take legal action.
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Guidelines for moral behavior typically enforced by peer groups.
Tort - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breach of an obligation that causes harm.
Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A deceitful act with intention to conceal the truth.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fed law protecting from
discrimination based on genetics
HITECH Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Law enacted to promote adoption & meaningful use of health
technology
Battery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Touching a person without consent causing bodily harm.
Controlled Substance Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fed law regulating high ptential for abuse drugs
Good Samaritan Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A law ensuring first responders are immune from liability.
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Protection of patient data from unauthorized personnel.
Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A medical professional's failure to perform an essential action that
harms a patient.
Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A rule of conduct enforced by a governing body.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
litigious - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Quick to take legal action.
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Guidelines for moral behavior typically enforced by peer groups.
Tort - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breach of an obligation that causes harm.
Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A deceitful act with intention to conceal the truth.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fed law protecting from
discrimination based on genetics
HITECH Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Law enacted to promote adoption & meaningful use of health
technology
Battery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Touching a person without consent causing bodily harm.
Controlled Substance Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fed law regulating high ptential for abuse drugs
Good Samaritan Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A law ensuring first responders are immune from liability.
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Protection of patient data from unauthorized personnel.
Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A medical professional's failure to perform an essential action that
harms a patient.
Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A rule of conduct enforced by a governing body.
