NCCT Medical Law And Ethics
Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions (GRADED A+)
What is right and wrong conduct - ANSWER✔✔ ethics
most common type of medical tort liability - ANSWER✔✔ negligence
a person sued is called the - ANSWER✔✔ defendant
the withdrawal of a physician from care of a patient without reasonable notice of
such discharge from the case by the patient - ANSWER✔✔ abandonment
an unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another - ANSWER✔✔ assault
the health worker is protected by the law if it can be determined that he or she
acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers - ANSWER✔✔ reasonable care
negligence by a professional person - ANSWER✔✔ malpractice
an act that violated criminal law - ANSWER✔✔ crime
breaking of a law, promise, or duty - ANSWER✔✔ breach
ability to see things from another person's point of view - ANSWER✔✔ empathy
, defamation through spoken statement - ANSWER✔✔ slander
time established for filing law suits - ANSWER✔✔ statute of limitations
a writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give
testimony - ANSWER✔✔ subpoena
a wrong committed against another person or the person's property - ANSWER✔✔
tort
holding or detaining a person against his will - ANSWER✔✔ false imprisonment
defamation through written statement - ANSWER✔✔ libel
a lawsuit - ANSWER✔✔ litigation
a violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private
affairs exposed or made public without giving consent - ANSWER✔✔ invasion of
privacy
a major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor -
ANSWER✔✔ felony
one who institutes a lawsuit - ANSWER✔✔ plaintiff
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