Medical Office-Questions with Complete
Answers.
Identify key difference between law and ethics - Answer
Identify specific rights that patients have in relation to health care - Answer
Be a patient advocate - Answer A person who intercedes on behalf of another person
Report illegal and/or unsafe activities and behaviors affecting patient care to proper authorities
- Answer
Describe how certain ethical issues generate ethical conflict in society pg. 39 - Answer
Describe ways to separate and prioritize personal and professional ethics pg 41 - Answer
What is private law - Answer civil law; regulates relationships among people
What is public law - Answer laws that define the relationship between the individual and
society as a whole
What is a crime? - Answer An offense in violation of a law that prohibits or requires certain
behavior
Type of Criminal Law - Answer Crime
Felony
Misdemeanor
Malfeasance
What is misdemeanor - Answer Less serious crime, commonly punishable with a fine,
imprisonment for less than 1 year, or both, or with parole.
What is a felony? - Answer A serious crime
What is malfeasance? - Answer wrong doing that is illegal or contrary to official obligation