Workbook Chapter 5
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1. If a healthcare worker
does not perform an
essential action or
performs the action
properly, the patient
may bring a charge of
2. If a practitioner stops
care without providing
an equally qualified
substitute, a charge of
3. Physicians and their
patients work under an
4. A violation of that
contract is a
5. some charges resulting
in lawsuits are brought
to trail; others are
settled through a
mediator in a process
known as
6. Medical assistants may
assist patients with
completing paper work
known as the
7. some of these decisions
include those involving
8. these decisions for
health care workers may
also include what is
known as
9. Criminal law
10. Felony
11. a crime against a person
is known as
12. comes under the
heading of
13. the open threat of
bodily harm may result
in a charge of
14. battery
NEGLIGENCE against the 15. defamation damages a persons reputation libel
practice when this occurs in print, the charge is
16. The term res ipsa loquitur refers to cases the doctors
in which mistake is clear
to everyone
17. if a physician decides to terminate his send the
ABANDONMENT may be filed
care of a patient, the physician must patient a
certified letter
18. which of the following is not a legal Diagnosing a
procedure for medical assistants to condition
Implied contract
perform?
19. a physicians receptionist asks patients to confidentiality
Breach contract
sign in an deist the reason for their visit.
This receptions is violating the patients
Arbitration right to
20. while practicing within the context of an promise the
implied contract with a patient, the patient that she
physician is obligated to do all of the will recover
following except completely
21. crimes such as attempted burglary and misdemeanors
Durable power of attorney, which
disturbing the peace are examples of
appoints someone to carry out
the patients wishes regarding 22. if a medical assistant gives patient an Battery
health care decisions, should the injection after the patient has refused the
patient become unable to make procedure should result in a charge of
these decisions 23. preventing a patient from leaving the false
ethics, or moral decisions not medical facility after administration of an imprisonment
necessarily related to the law allergy in be seen as
bioethics, which frequently 24. if a patient can prove that she felt assault
revolve around dilemmas reasonably apprehension of bodily harm
resulting from medical advances it can be a charge of ?
25. documenting in a patients chart that he is libel for the
consists of crimes against the a whack job who makes up symptoms practice
state crush on the doctor could produce
charges of
included in this type of law, and
practicing medicine without a 26. in a civil case, the party making the call in plaintiff
license will result in this charge against an individual is known as the
tort 27. a healthcare practitioner hired to replace Locum tenens
another temporarily is known as
civil law 28. which of the following is the best the things
definition of res ispa loquitur speaks of itself
assault 29. something of value bargained for as part consideration
of an agreement is a
30. a person who does not judge a case but mediator
consists of an action that causes simply seeks a reasonable, non bin
bodily harm parties can agree upon is known as
31. the four Ds of negligence are duty, dereliction, direct cause, and damages
32. the relationship between a doctor and patient is called implied contract
33. Damaging a persons reputation by making public statements that are both Slander
false and malicious is considered
34. Healthcare practitioners who promise patients miracle cures or accept fraud
fees from patients while using mystical or spiritual powers to health are
considered
35. a contract that is stated in written or spoken words is considered expressed contract
36. torts that are committed without the intention to cause harm but are unintentional tort
committed unreasonably or with a disregard for the consequences are
37. a patient who does not follow medical advice and consistently misses Bread of contract
appointment may be considered in
38. a document that communicated patient rights under HIPPA is called Notice of privacy practices
39. Misfeasance refers to a lawful act that is improperly performed
40. The patient care partnership lists what patients should expect from their
healthcare provider. it was formerly known as the
patient bill of rights