Question

Word Bank

a. Arbitration	b. Plaintiff	c. Risk Management
d. Negligence Tort	e Respondent Superior	f. Deposition
g. Statute of Limitations	h. Defendant	i. Patient Incompetence
j. Durable Power of Attorney	k. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act	l. Risk Management
m. Locum tenens	n. Res ipsa loquitor	o. Informed Consent
p. Implied Consent	q. Living will	r. Emancipated minor
s. Expressed consent	t. Mediation approach	u. Subpoena duces tecum
v. Good Samaritan Law	w. Malpractice	x. Patient Self Determination Act
y. Mature minor

1. _____ Failure to exercise reasonable care or conduct outside of the accepted standard of care

2. Consent given by a patient’s conduct. An example might be rolling up your sleeve and extending your arm to have your blood drawn is an example of _____.

3. A person with dementia is seen by a psychiatrist and he determines that client cannot make a medical decision is an example of _____.

4. _____ gives protection to someone who comes upon an emergency situation and in good faith administers care to an injured person.

5. When a person is about to go into surgery that are often asked to sign an _____ which details the procedure, explains alternative treatments, and outlines risks.

6. _____ means “the thing speaks for itself” and means that a physician may be presumed to be negligent because harm would not normally occur and he was in charge of the situation.

7. _____ means a physician is holding a temporary position.

8. _____means “let the master answer” and means that a physician is ultimately responsible for the actions people who work in his office

9. A _____is not legally binding but states the desires of a person who becomes incompetent because of injury or they are near death.

10. The_____is the person being sued. It is usually the physician in malpractice cases.

11. The _____is the person who sues or brings a case against someone.

12. The practice of identifying problem practices or behaviors and then taking action to prevent or eliminate them is known as _____.

13. _____established the protocol for the donation of organs in the United States.

14. _____ is the settling of a dispute between two parties using a neutral third party who guides the two parties to a decision. Compliance with mediated agreements is high.

15. A law that prevents someone from pressing charges after a specific period of time is known as _____.

16. _____ means that someone has been appointed to act on your behalf even if you become unable to make decisions. It is legally binding.

17. _____ is the process of giving sworn testimony out of the courtroom and is usually done before the trial. A court reporter must be present.

18. _____Carelessness or negligence of a professional person.

19. _____ A law that requires hospitals, hospices, skilled nursing facilities, and home health providers (who accept Medicare) to ask if a patient has an advance directive.

20. _____ Consent that is verbally expressed or expressed in writing.

21. _____Children of any age, who falls outside of parental custody and meets certain criteria, that may make their own medical decisions.

22. _____A child over the age of 14 who can almost always make a medical or surgical decision.

23. _____ A court order for a witness to appear in court in medical records.

24. _____When both parties waive the right to a court trial and the case is herd by an impartial committee.

Answer 1

1. Malpractice
2. Implied consent
3. Patient incompetence
4. Good Samaritan law
5. Informed consent
6. Res update loquitor
7. Locum tenens
8. Respondent superior
9. Deposition
10. Defendant
11. Plaintiff
12. Risk management
13. Uniform anatomical gift act
14. Mediation approach
15. Statute of limitations
16. Durable power of attorney
17. Arbitration
18. Negligence tort
19. Patient self determination act
20. Expressed consent
21. Mature minor
22. Emancipated minor
23. Subpoena duces tecum
24. Deposition