HSA 4423 EXAM 2 REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Objectives of tort law
Answer:
1) Preservation of peace
2) Culpability
3) Deterrence
4) Compensation
Question:
Three basic categories of tort law
Answer:
1) negligent torts
2) intentional torts
3) strict liability
Question:
Negligence
Answer:
A tort, a civil of personal wrong A form of conduct caused by heedlessness or
carelessness that constitutes a departure from the standard of care generally
imposed on reasonable members of society.
Question:
Elements of negligence
Answer:
Duty to care Breach of duty Injury Causation
Question:
Duty to care
Answer:
Obligation to conform to a recognized standard of care
Question:
Breach of duty
Answer:
Deviation from the recognized standard of care
Question:
Standard of care
Answer:
The general standard of acceptable care is based on what a reasonably
prudent person would do or not do acting under the same or similar
circumstances
Question:
Duty set by policies and procedures
, Answer:
The standard of care that employees and agents of a healthcare entity must
follow can be established through the healthcare organizations internal
policies, procedures, rules, and regulations
Question:
Community versus national standard of care
Answer:
Developed as a result of the more reasonable belief that the standard of care
should not vary with the locale where an individual receives care
Question:
Expert testimony to establish required standard
Answer:
The courts rely on the testimony of an expert witness as to the standard of care
required in the same or similar communities
Question:
Injury
Answer:
Physical harm, pain, suffering, an loss of income or reputation. A defendant
can not be negligent if no injury or actual damages occur.
Question:
Causation
Answer:
Requires that there be a reasonable, close, and causal connection or
relationship between the defendants negligent conduct and the resulting
damages
Question:
Failure to alert
Answer:
The plaintiff and the misreading were departures from accepted medical
practice, the injury properly found that those conceded departures were the
proximate causes of the plantiffs injury
Question:
Foreseebility
Answer:
The reason anicipation that harm or injury is likely to result from a
commission or omission of an act.
Question:
Assault
Answer:
A deliberate threat coupled with the apparent present ability to do physical
harm to another
Question:
Elements of assault
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Objectives of tort law
Answer:
1) Preservation of peace
2) Culpability
3) Deterrence
4) Compensation
Question:
Three basic categories of tort law
Answer:
1) negligent torts
2) intentional torts
3) strict liability
Question:
Negligence
Answer:
A tort, a civil of personal wrong A form of conduct caused by heedlessness or
carelessness that constitutes a departure from the standard of care generally
imposed on reasonable members of society.
Question:
Elements of negligence
Answer:
Duty to care Breach of duty Injury Causation
Question:
Duty to care
Answer:
Obligation to conform to a recognized standard of care
Question:
Breach of duty
Answer:
Deviation from the recognized standard of care
Question:
Standard of care
Answer:
The general standard of acceptable care is based on what a reasonably
prudent person would do or not do acting under the same or similar
circumstances
Question:
Duty set by policies and procedures
, Answer:
The standard of care that employees and agents of a healthcare entity must
follow can be established through the healthcare organizations internal
policies, procedures, rules, and regulations
Question:
Community versus national standard of care
Answer:
Developed as a result of the more reasonable belief that the standard of care
should not vary with the locale where an individual receives care
Question:
Expert testimony to establish required standard
Answer:
The courts rely on the testimony of an expert witness as to the standard of care
required in the same or similar communities
Question:
Injury
Answer:
Physical harm, pain, suffering, an loss of income or reputation. A defendant
can not be negligent if no injury or actual damages occur.
Question:
Causation
Answer:
Requires that there be a reasonable, close, and causal connection or
relationship between the defendants negligent conduct and the resulting
damages
Question:
Failure to alert
Answer:
The plaintiff and the misreading were departures from accepted medical
practice, the injury properly found that those conceded departures were the
proximate causes of the plantiffs injury
Question:
Foreseebility
Answer:
The reason anicipation that harm or injury is likely to result from a
commission or omission of an act.
Question:
Assault
Answer:
A deliberate threat coupled with the apparent present ability to do physical
harm to another
Question:
Elements of assault
