Question

ACTIVITY 2

MH651 Ethics in Health Care

Lesson 2: Rights, Ethics, and Care Standards

Activity 2: Standards of Care Presentation

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for a staff meeting that outlines the key points about negligence, professional liability, and malpractice. Clearly explain the terminology and give at least three (3) examples of each in your presentation. You may also use other Required Readings and other references. Your Activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the Activity itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document them in a bibliography using APA style. Sixteen slides are required for the presentation and an extra slide may be included for your bibliography, for a total of 17 slides. (100 points)

Part A             Negligence (30 points) (6 slides)

1. What is negligence?

2. When does negligence most often occur?

3. List and describe three (3) examples of negligence in a medical practice or setting.

Part B              Professional Liability (25 points) (5 slides)

1. What is professional liability?

2. List and describe three (3) examples of professional liability in a medical practice or setting.

Part C              Malpractice (25 points) (5 slides)

1. What is malpractice?

2. List and describe three (3) examples of malpractice in a medical practice or setting.

Grammar and Formatting: 20 points

Answer 1

ANSWERS :

PART A :

1. NEGLIGENCE : Negligence is defined as a failure to do appropriate or ethical care to be shown during certain situations. The area of law tort is called as negligence. It causes harm by carelessness as a form of failing to act to situations.

2. Negligence most often occurs in the work places, offices, family concerns, etc. Having overconfidence to do the working delaying that work for some time thinking of to complete it slowly, by that negligent behavior the work is delayed and losses may occur.

3. Examples of negligence in medical practice is - The physician cutting the wrong part of the body or leaving a surgical instrument inside the body, doing of improper suturing to the wounds, etc.

PART B :

1. PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY : Professional liability is defined as obligations by health care providers to pay for damages which results negligent acts of treating the patients.