medical law and ethics

Purpose of patients bills of rights

Provide guidelines to ensure the protection and safety of patients

Safeguards to protect health information

HIPPA

PHI

Expectations to patient privacy or medical records

Criminal acts

Legal order

Communicable Diseases

mandated examinations

Meaning of respondent superior

Let the master answer

Two categories of law

Criminal and civil

Lesser crimes punishable by Monterey fines but may also include imprisonment of 1 year or less

Serious crimes punishable by large fines and imprisonment more than one year

Felonies

Four elements of negligence

Duty of care

Dereliction of duty

Direct cause

Damages

Mandatory mandated reporting information

Births

Deaths

Certain communicable diseases

Assaults

Criminal acts

Abuse

Neglect

Exploitation

Types of abuse

Physical

Verbal

Psychological

Sexual

Economic

Basic principles of ethics

Autonomy

Justice

Beneficence

Nonmaleficence