HLT 101 Chapter 3

Informed consent is consent based on

Who is not allowed to sign a consent form?

Which of the following is not regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)?

In determining whether or not a cardiologist provided a pt with reasonable care with whom would a physician be compared?

What is the name for the crime of billing an insurance company for tests and procedures that were never performed?

What is the name for a serious crime punishable by death or imprisonment?

What type of consent occurs if a pt offers an arm when the MA says it is time to obtain a blood sample?

Which federal law regulates minimum wages?

What is the purpose of an advance directive?

A pt who does not follow medical advice becomes responsible for any problems that occur as a result of his/her decision

Term that refers to the level of appropriate care legally required of any other practitioner with the same education is

Which of the following pts would be able to give informed consent for treatment?

What is a court summons ordering a recipient to appear before a court and produce documents?

Cities and towns enact laws that have to do with the general welfare of its citizens. What are these laws called?

A physician has discontinued care of a pt without properly notifying the pt. This is called

What is the minimum required for expressed consent?

Physician have right to terminate pt care based on personal subjective judgment as long as alternate provisions are made

What is the name for a minor who is allowed to choose or reject health care treatment without parental consent?

How should a physician terminate a relationship with a pt in order to avoid a possible lawsuit for abandonment?

Acting according to professional ethics means the MA must allow a pt to refuse treatment

Current thinking about biomedical ethics identifies several rights. What is a right?

What is the name of an individual's own beliefs about right and wrong in our society?

A living will may instruct health care providers not to engage in life-sustaining measures

In how many states is physician-assisted suicide legal?

The basis for the ethical conflict with regard to stem cell research is that too many pts could potentially be harmed

What are reasons to revoke or suspend a physician's license?

Which of the following is not included in the Patient Bill of Rights?

What is the legal nature of the doctor-patient relationship?

If both sides are willing some disagreements can be settled out of court with the help of a facilitator. This process is

What is malpractice insurance also called?

Ethics refers to the choice between alternative courses of action that have moral and social consequences

Which of the following is/are recommended for a pt to prepare for possible inability to make health care decisions?

What type of laws protects health professionals who provide emergency care at the scene of an accident?

A physician on a temporary assignment is called a locum tenens

Which of the following federal acts includes incentives to encourage adoption of EHR by physicians and health facilities

What does the doctrine of respondeat superior mean?

What principle applies if a pt confides info about their health to a MA and then asks the MA not to tell the physician?

Early leaders of American government believed in natural rights. Which of the following is not one of the rights

What type of law refers to law arising from the actions of federal government agencies?

Criminal law is the set of laws that deals with disputes between individuals and/or groups of people

A drug that has a potential for addiction and/or abuse is called

The expectation of truthfulness by all health care workers is called:

What is one important reason for a medical assistant to study ethics?

What is the legal meaning of the word "liability"?

16-year old pt has visible scars from an operation performed when she was 12 What can be done to compensate this child

How many employees must a business have for them to be protected by Equal Opportunity Employment Laws?

What is the name for a pt's right to make decisions about health care according to individual values and concerns?

To what agency should employees complain if they feel that they have been discriminated against in their employment?

What reports are encouraged as a result of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act?

Individuals under the age of 18 who have legally obtained adult rights are called emancipated minors

What is another name for the duty to meet reasonable expectations of patients?

To whom would physicians report cases of specific infectious diseases?

What is the branch of law that deals with offenses against the public welfare that affect all people?

What right is the basis for informed consent?

In order to be legal, a contract must be written, signed, and notarized

Which of the following is the best description of informed consent?

What is the name for the concept that a health professional should do the best possible?