Answers to Self-Study Review Questions



Answers to Self-Study Review Questions

Chapter 3: Medicolegal and Ethical Responsibilities

1. Medical ethics are not laws but are standards of conduct generally accepted as a moral guide for behavior which apply equally to relationships with patients, other physicians, members of allied professions (medical assistant), and the general public.

2. The branch of study resulting from high technology and sophisticated biomedical research centering on moral issues, questions, and problems that arise in the practice of medicine is called bioethics.

3. The customary code of conduct, courtesy, and manners in the medical profession is known as medical etiquette.

4. A federal law addressing health insurance reform, fraud and abuse, and consumer confidentiality issues is known as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

5. What is required before a physician may use or disclose a patient’s health information for treatment, payment, or routine health care operations? One-time signed consent form by the patient

6. A form that tells the purpose for which health care information is to be used and specific information that can be disclosed is called a/an authorization form.

7. Vicarious liability, which means the physician is legally responsible for his or her conduct and for any actions a medical assistant might take while an employee is known as the doctrine of respondeat superior.

8. List some of the intentional torts known in the medical field.

a. Assault and battery

b. Invasion of privacy and breach of confidential communication

c. Defamation of character, libel, and slander

d. False imprisonment or personal restraint of the patient

e. Intentional infliction of emotional distress

f. Fraud or deceit

9. Explain the difference between an expressed contract and an implied contract.

Expressed contract: One obtained by direct verbal or written statement by a patient requesting medical treatment or service

Implied contract: One obtained through implication, i.e., not expressed by direct words but gathered by implication or necessary deduction from the situation, the general language, or the conduct of the patient

10. An order by the court for a witness to appear at a designated place to give testimony is known as a/an subpoena.

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