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9 Cards in this Set
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Medical record
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a collection of data recorded when a patient seeks medical treatment
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Doctrine of professional discretion
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physician can exercise judgment as to whether to show patients who are being treated for mental or emotional conditions their records
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Fiduciary duty
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physician's duty to his or her patient based on trust and confidence
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Confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse, patient records
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protects patients with histories of substance abuse regarding the release of information about treatment
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Consent
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permission from a patient, either expressed or implied
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Doctrine of informed consent
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legal basis for informed consent, usually outlined in a state's medical practice acts
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Good samaritan acts
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protecting physicians and sometimes other health care practitioners and laypersons from charger of negligence or abandonment if the stop to help the victim of an accident or other emergency
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Uniform anatomical gift act
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national statute allowing individuals to donate their bodies or body parts after death for use in transplant surgery tissue banks or medical research or education
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National organ transplant act
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provides grants to qualified organ procurement organizations and established and organ procutment and transplantation network
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