Medical Ethics And Law

Front 1

Not following the principles of ALARA and over radiating patients is a _______ violation

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Ethical

Front 2

The term referring to telling the truth

Back 2

Veracity

Front 3

The most common legal claim against healthcare providers is

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Negligence

Front 4

The _______ is responsible for proving injury when there is a legal filing for negligence

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Patient

Front 5

If a radiographers reckless behavior leads to bodily harm to the patient it would be considered

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Assault

Front 6

Touching a patient without their permission could lead to a complaint of

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Battery

Front 7

A private (civil) injustice, injury or misconduct is a

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Tort

Front 8

A process by which patients can agree to be treated or refuse to be treated based on information provided by the radiographer about the examination is called _______ consent

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Informed

Front 9

The Latin term for "the thing speaks for itself" is

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Res ipsa loquitur

Front 10

Writtent defamation of a person

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Libel

Front 11

Speaking in a defamatory way about someone is considered

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Slander

Front 12

Which organization has the authority to impose professional sanctions on a radiographer

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ARRT

Front 13

A patient has the right to possess their medical record ( true or false )

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False

Front 14

An individual's legal document that names the person authorized to make all healthcare decisions, should they be unable to, is called an advanced health care directive or __________

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Living will

Front 15

If the patient lacks decision-making capacity, their rights can be exercised on their behalf by their designated proxy or designated ________

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Surrogate

Front 16

Created practice standards which legally defines the role of the radiograher and identified clinical, quality, and professional standards of practice

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ASRT

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The 2 parts to the ARRT standards of ethics

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10 part code ethics

22 rules of ethics

Front 18

Regulations established by the government that are applicable to people within a political subsystem

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Laws

Front 19

Belief system influenced by external social norms

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Morals

Front 20

Manners, customs, or generally accepted standards of good or right conduct that reflect their personal values within a larger external system of beliefs

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Morals

Front 21

__________ values are internal

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Personal

Front 22

Basic principles an individual uses to determine what he or she believes to be right

Includes : honesty, integrity, compassion, courage, honor, responsibility, respect, and fairness

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Personal values

Front 23

The two ethical principles rad techs and other healthcare providers practice

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Beneficence

Nonmaleficence

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The active process of helping someone, helping patients make their situation better

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Beneficence

Front 25

Passive process of not harming a person while providing aid. Will not make a patients condition worse

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Nonmaleficence

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Duty to tell the truth and avoid deception

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Veracity

Front 27

Being equitable and fair when dealing with others

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Justice

Front 28

Strict observance of promise or duties. Being loyal and faithful to others

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Fidelity

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A persons self-reliance, independence, liberty, rights, privacy, freedom of will, individual choice, and self contained ability to decide

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Autonomy

Front 30

The ability to keep obligatory secrets such as patient information and health records

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Confidentiality

Front 31

A basic principal of law was defined in _____________ in 1914 and lays the foundation for the relationship between patient and healthcare practitioners

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Schloendorf v. Society of New York Hospital

Front 32

From the French word for "wrong". A _____ is a wrongful act, whether intentional or accidental from which injury occurs to another

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Tort

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2 kinds of basic law

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Public ( People vs. Govt. )

Private ( civil ) law

Front 34

_____ laws regulate the relationships among people

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Private

Front 35

_________ is to threaten harm

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Assault

Front 36

______ is to carry out a threat

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Battery

Front 37

Illegal restriction of a person's freedom

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False imprisonment

Front 38

When a radiographer discloses patient information that is detrimental to the patient

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Defamation

Front 39

When a radiographer discloses confidential information to unauthorized individuals

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Invasion of privacy

Front 40

What is slander

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Spoken defamation

Front 41

What is libel

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Written defamation

Front 42

A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances

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Negligence

Front 43

4 elements for unintentional torts or neglect

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Duty or what should have been done

Breach or the deviation from duty

Injury sustained

Cause as a result of the breach

Front 44

Latin term for "let the master answer"

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Respondeat superior

Front 45

This document legally states a patients decisions even if they are unable to express their decisions due to their condition

Back 45

Advanced healthcare directive or living will

Front 46

Externally defined rightness and wrongness of human conduct and character

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Ethics

Front 47

Set of principles that guide practitioners in making informed choices about the delivery of care

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Medical ethics