Chapter 1-13 Medical Law & Ethics| 500 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

applied ethics Correct Answer: the practical application of moral standards to the conduct of individuals involved in organizations that are meant to benefit the patient, such as medical ethics bioethics Correct Answer: a branch of applied ethics, is a field resulting from modern medical advances and research litigious Correct Answer: an excessive inclination to sue laws Correct Answer: rules or actions prescribed by an authority such as the federal government and the court system that have a binding legal force medical practice acts Correct Answer: laws established in all 50 states that define the practice of medicine as well as requirements and methods for licensure in a particular state precedent Correct Answer: the decision of the court case acts as a model for any future cases in which the facts are the same ethics Correct Answer: branch of philosophy related to morals, moral principles, and moral judgments morality Correct Answer: the quality of being virtuous or practicing the right conduct amoral Correct Answer: lacking or indifferent to moral standards medical ethics Correct Answer: concerns questions related specifically to the practice of medicine utilitarianism Correct Answer: an ethical theory based on the principle of what is the greatest good for the greatest number of people cost/benefit analysis Correct Answer: justifies the means of achieving a goal indigent Correct Answer: a person who is impoverished and without funds rights-based ethics Correct Answer: a natural rights ethical theory, places the primary emphasis on a person's individual rights duty-based ethics Correct Answer: based on absolute moral rules; focuses on performing one's duty to various people and institutions such as parents, employers, employees, and customers (patients) justice-based ethics Correct Answer: based on an impo