Question

Classical Roman civil law was based on _____.

Group of answer choices

Procedural requirements

Analysis of the local tribunes

A stock of concepts of legal significance

Preferences of the individual judge

Question 21 pts

Informed consent specifically refers to a patient’s right of _____.

Group of answer choices

Free investigation

Self-recognition

Information gathering

Self-determination

Question 31 pts

Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. focused on _____.

Group of answer choices

Medical malpractice

Battery

Products liability

Judicial malfeasance

Question 41 pts

Canterbury v. Spence focused on _____.

Group of answer choices

The physician’s duty to disclose

Comprehensive history taking

The patient’s duty to follow recommendations

Kickback schemes

Question 51 pts

Cost-utility analysis is problematic from the perspective of _____.

Group of answer choices

Risk assessment

Justice

Utilization

Pro-rating services

Question 61 pts

A negligent act creates _____.

Group of answer choices

A questionable barrier to action

A foreseeable impediment to progress

An unjustifiable risk of future harm

An unlikely risk of complaint

Question 71 pts

Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of Trustees et al. emphasized _____.

Group of answer choices

The provider–patient relationship

Full disclosure of facts necessary to an informed consent

Methods of timely payment

Analysis of the physician’s decision-making process

Question 81 pts

Regarding disclosure of information material to informed consent, Canterbury v. Spence established the _____.

Group of answer choices

Voluntary disclosure principle

Standard of due notice

Reasonable person standard

Required information protocol

Question 91 pts

Quality-adjusted life years are a measure of _____.

Group of answer choices

Five-year survival

Readiness to work

Comparison of the effectiveness of different healthcare interventions

Efficiency of acute care

Question 101 pts

Establishing a prima facie case for negligence requires that the plaintiff prove all of the following EXCEPT:

Group of answer choices

The defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff to act with a degree of care for the plaintiff’s safety

The defendant’s actions caused actual harm to the plaintiff

The defendant’s unreasonably risky conduct resulted in a breach of that duty

The defendant was aware of most of the ramifications of the actions

Question 111 pts

Autonomy implies a person’s right to _____.

Group of answer choices

Assess standard parameters

Determine hospital length of stay

Agree or disagree with implementation of recommended treatment

Demand specific treatment

Question 121 pts

The common law, as a legal system, originated and developed in _____.

Group of answer choices

Germany

France

England

Italy

Question 131 pts

Quality-adjusted life years _____.

Group of answer choices

Facilitate comparisons of efficiency and debility

Are statistical constructs lacking consensus agreement

Dictate the distribution of new medical technologies to populations

Enable public policy makers to most effectively manage scarce healthcare resources

Question 141 pts

In biomedical ethics, respect for persons refers to a person’s _____.

Group of answer choices

Right to demand respect

Capability for rational thought and self-determination

Ability to engage in coordinated thought

Self-regard

Question 151 pts

The essential characteristic of the quality-adjusted life years method is to _____.

Group of answer choices

Assign weights (quality adjustments) to various health states

Coordinate patient choices by region and chronology

Freely assign benefits to various outcomes

Equate patient preferences

Question 161 pts

In Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine focused on all of the following areas for improvement in the quality of healthcare delivery EXCEPT:

Group of answer choices

Patient-centered treatment

Effective patient care

Upcoding of information technology

Safety of healthcare treatment

Question 171 pts

Sources of the common law include all of the following EXCEPT:

Group of answer choices

The law of accession

The law of nature

Merchant law

Forest law

Question 181 pts

The primary function of tort law is to _____.

Group of answer choices

Provide a remedy for legally recognized harms

Establish a relationship between causes and effects

Assess punitive damages in criminal cases

Regulate actions of corporations

Question 191 pts

Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. was the first case to explicitly adopt the doctrine of __________ in tort law.

Group of answer choices

Negligence

Strict liability

No fault

Caveat emptor

Question 201 pts

Common law systems are based on _____.

Group of answer choices

Codified statutes

Futures analysis

Persistent evidence

Precedent

Question 21

1 pts

The ideal of informed consent has been _____.

Group of answer choices

Controversial at best

Accepted as a right in all jurisdictions

Very difficult to fulfill

Subject to ongoing revision at the federal level

Question 22

1 pts

Mohr v. Williams focused on _____.

Group of answer choices

Fair allocation of resources

Utilitarian outcomes

Patient consent to treatment

The primacy of treatment benefits

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Question 23

1 pts

A decent minimum of healthcare includes _____.

Group of answer choices

Experimental drugs

Annual examinations and preventive public health services

Elective surgery

Full-time remediation

Question 24

1 pts

In healthcare, the major domains of quality assessment include all of the following EXCEPT:

Group of answer choices

Interactions with family and community

Physical and occupational function

Pharmacological function

Psychological function

Question 25

1 pts

Strict liability involves liability without proof of _____.

Group of answer choices

Evidence

Conduct

Purpose

Fault

Question 26

1 pts

The prevalence of serious chronic diseases is markedly unequal among various racial/ethnic population subgroups. This statement provides a working definition of _____.

Group of answer choices

Health incidences

Health disparities

Distributive outcomes

Stratified risk

Question 27

1 pts

In assessing decision-making capacity, medical staff evaluates a patient’s ability to do all of the following EXCEPT:

Group of answer choices

Express a preference and communicate that choice, either verbally or in writing

Apply that understanding to the patient’s own circumstances

Understand the risks and benefits of proposed treatment

Critically distinguish the value of competing medications

Question 28

1 pts

Quality-adjusted life years encapsulate all of the following EXCEPT:

Group of answer choices

Morbidity

Prognosis

Efficiency

Mortality

Question 29

1 pts

Canterbury v. Spence emphasized _____.

Group of answer choices

Timely implementation of treatment

The full range of patient rights

The necessity for regulatory oversight of medical practice

The requirement that consent represents an informed choice

Question 30

1 pts

For fiscal year 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act dedicated US$500 million to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT:

Group of answer choices

Increase the number of primary care professionals

Improve research and data collection

Improve community and clinical prevention efforts

Facilitate the impact of biotechnology regulations

Answer 1

Answer: A stock of concepts of legal significance.

( The Classical Roman civil law was based on the sets of the legal concepts as this includes the material division, things as well as the legal actions. This indulge in the outcome of the legal significance.)