Legal-Ethical Medical Issues

Medical Jeopardy

• She said over the loudspeaker that “Dr. Ricken is nuts!” She might be guilty of this..

•what is slander?

• Three ingredients to the bill of rights of patients

• They have a right to know what they are being treated for

• To be treated with respect• To have questions about their care

answered in plain language• To be informed of any major or surgical

procedures to be done• To refuse non emergency careEtc. etc.

• You do not want to be given any heroic emergency care should you need it. You should request and sign this document.

• What is a Living Will?

• Three ingredients of a contract

• What is “offer, acceptance and consideration?”

• Malpractice is actually a case of this

• What is “negligence” or “failure to treat or failure to diagnose?”

• Of the two types of courthouses, the one you would find malpractice cases being handled in

• What are “civil” courthouses?

• The doctor-patient relationship is special and characterized by this special description

• It is “privileged” meaning, no one else has the right to discover what was disclosed in this communication, even the law.

• A Texas University located in College Station

• What is A and M University?

• The ASVAB exam is a competency exam administered and written by this organization

• What are the U.S. Military Services?

• For patients in a coma or who are incompetent to make their own decisions, a family should compose this legal document

• What is a “durable power of attorney?”

• The only exception to being qualified to be a trustee to make medical decisions for a family member by way of a durable power of attorney, is that they cannot be…..

• Heirs to the member’s estate

• Give an example of “professional standards” and how good a professional has to be.

• The professional used reasonable judgement consistent with fifty percent of health care workers in that field

• This country has “Seoul”

• What is South Korea?

• We have all engaged in contracts of this type even without signing anything

• What are “oral or implied” contracts?

• In legal terms, payment for services is described as this part of the contract

• What is “consideration?”

• When getting a patient to sign a consent form, the nurse or doctor must be engaged in a dialogue to help explain/answer questions they might have. This method is known as this

• What is “informed” consent?

• You rob a bank; the type of court you will be tried in is this

• What is “criminal”court?

• Identify four types of abuse

• What is physical, emotional, sexual and verbal, psychological, etc.?

• What is “assault and battery?”

• The improper “touching” of a minor

• The surgeon operates without “informed”consent. He/she could be charged with this.

• What is “assault with a deadly weapon?”

• After the hurricane, the health department is concerned about cholera and plague developing. What might have caused this concern?

• The mixing of drinking water with “poop” water

• Health care workers should understand a patient’s pain but not succumb to it. This characteristic is known as……

• Empathy, not sympathy

• The ability to use good judgement in being sensitive to a patients’ needs and feelings without being told what they feel is called this quality

• What is “discretion?”

• It means, “ a civil wrong” type of lawsuit

• What is a “tort?”

• This characteristic of a healthcare worker is a virtue because it means you are careful in what you say or do being sensitive to a person’s feelings and vulnerabilities

• What is “tact?”

• Two forms of defamation of character

• What are libel and slander?

• By revealing information of a confidential nature, about a patient to someone not authorized to receive such information, a healthcare worker might be guilty of this

• What is “invasion of privacy?”

• Exposing a patient’s body parts unnecessarily to unauthorized persons in the course of medical treatment might be illegal and called this

• What is “invasion of privacy?”

• The actor who portrayed Stuart Little’s father on the movie series about a cute orphaned mouse

• Who is Hugh Laurie, aka Dr. Gregory House, M.D.

• The former Senator from Tennessee who died at the Alamo

• Who was Davy Crockett?

• You need your thyroid gland treated. Who you gonna call?

• An endocrinologist

• To apply for all financial aid and also to be considered for any scholarship, all students must file this application with the government in their senior year

• What is FASFA? (Free application for student financial aid) online or in paper form

• Three advantages of using a community/junior college vs. a four year school

• Cost, convenience, living at home, can work in your neighborhood, courses often online, courses transferable for college credit, easy admission, etc.

• Three differences between high school and four year colleges

• Cost, living at school, no attendance, study what you want to study, more competition, can be excluded for low grades, variable hours of classes, may get shut out of courses, easily transferable, often far from home, may require commuting

• True/false: Pre-med is a major course of study

• False; pre-med is a track involving four courses (bio, physics, inorganic and organic chemistry). You must pick a major despite this track of study.

• The only college in Texas that requires a double major

• Houston Baptist University.

• This private college is in Waco, Texas which is the home of Dr. Pepper’s worldwide headquarters

• This college is in Lubbock, Texas and is the home of the Red Raiders

• What is Texas Tech University

• You’ll have to commute downtown to find these Cougars

• What is the University of Houston

• This specialist has the O.D. degree

• What is an optometrist?

• Three years of graduate study in biomechanics and kinesiology are included to train one to be one of these

• What is a physical therapist?

• While Grey’s Anatomy is located in this city, House, M.D. is located in this city

• What is Seattle, Washington and Princeton, New Jersey?

• What does Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth and Univ of Pennsylvania all have in common?

• They are all Ivy League Schools

• Which of the following is/are NOT a virtue for a healthcare worker?

• Tact

• Sympathy

• Avoiding discretion

• Acceptance of criticism

• Sympathy and “avoiding”discretion. Drs. And nurses should always be empathetic and always use discretion (good, sensitive judgement)

• A “king of torts” would likely have this degree

• A J.D. (a personal injury attorney for civil injury cases)

• Dentists, psychiatrists and anesthesiologists have a particularly high incidence of this

• Chemical dependence problems and suicide

• HIPPA are a group of Federal laws governing this

• The privacy of patient’s and their records

• (Health Insurance Privacy and Portability Act)

• The approval of drugs and their testing for efficacy is governed by this Federal bureau

• What is the FDA (Food and drug administration)

• The control of narcotics both legally and illegally is the responsibility of this bureau

• What is the DEA (drug enforcement administration)?

• The University of Texas has its main campus here while its medical school is here?

• What is Austin, Houston?

• A radiology technician probably has this number of years of college

• One to two years

• A physical therapy aide probably has this number of years of college

• One

• A dentist has this number of years of training after high school

• Eight

• An optometrist has this number of years of training after high school

• Eight

• A veterinarian has this number of years of training after high school

• Eight

• A nurse has this number of years of training after high school

• Four or less (depends on whether they get a BSN or just the RN and pass the license exam without the BSN)

• A D.C. is also known as this

• Doctor of Chiropractic

• The two courses required before applying to nursing schools

• Microbiology and Anatomy/physiology

• Doctor Ricken’s first name

• Jeff

• The W.D. degree is characteristic of this profession

• Voodoo (Witch Doctor) lol

In the French film it says “finis” but the English version would say this

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