CHAPTER 6 MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS LATEST 2024 GRADED A

CHAPTER 6 MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS LATEST 2024 GRADED A Liable Legally responsible for one's actions Rider Add-on to an insurance policy Tort A civil wrong Proximate Direct cause of injury Res ipsa loquitur The thing speaks for itself Res judicata The thing has been decided Dereliction Neglect The doctrine of respondent superior does not apply between the physician and Pharmacist Using the third person to help settle a dispute in a nonbinding decision is called Mediation Cap Limit Compensatory damage Payment for the actual loss of income, emotional pain and suffering, or injury of a patient Direct cause The injury was proximately or closely related to the physicians negligence Feasance Doing an act or performing a duty Nominal damage Slight or token payment to a patient to demonstrate that, legal rights were violated 4 D's of negligence Duty, dereliction, direct cause, damages Damages Any injury caused by a defendant Liable Legally responsible for one's actions Tort A civil wrong Misfeasance Improper doing of a lawful act Nonfeasance Failure to perform a necessary action Res ipsa loquitur The thing speaks for itself. Burden of proof is on the defendant Res judicata The thing has been decided The doctrine of respondent superior does not apply between the physician and Pharmacist Using the third person to help settle a dispute in a nonbinding decision is called Mediation Cap Limit Compensatory damage Payment for the actual loss of income, emotional pain and suffering, or injury of a patient Dereliction Neglect Duty Responsibility established by the physician- patient relationship Feasance Doing an act or performing a duty Malfeasance Performing a wrong/illegal act Proximate The injury was closely related to the defendants negligence Punitive damages Monetary awards by a court to a person who has been harmed in a malicious way Claims-made insurance Covers the insured party for only the claims made during the time. The policies in effect or the policy year Occurrence policy Covers the insured party for all injuries and incidents that occurred while the policy was in fact regardless of when they are reported to the insurance or the claim was made Defense medicine More and more tests and procedures will be ordered for each patient in order to avoid a lawsuit Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) Using methods other than going to court to solve civil disputes Arbitration Involve submitting a dispute to a person other than a judge is becoming a popular means for resolving a civil dispute Arbitrator Third person if she's a buying decision after hearing both sides present witnesses and fax or an entrance relating to their cases Burden of proof is on the Plaintiff