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Medical Law & Ethics (HLHS) Midterm Ivy
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Law
Ans: Rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally
recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority
Ethics
Ans: Standards of behavior, developed as a result of one's
concept of right and wrong
bioethics
Ans: A discipline dealing with the ethical implications of
biological research methods and results, especially in medicine
virtue ethics
Ans: Focuses on the traits, characteristics, and virtues that a
moral person should have
case law
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Ans: Law established through common law and legal precedent
civil law
Ans: law that involves wrongful acts against persons
administrative law
Ans: Enabling statutes enacted to define powers and
procedures when an agency is created
constitutional law
Ans: law that derives from federal and state constitutions
criminal law
Ans: law that involves crimes against the state
statutory law
Ans: law passed by US congress or state legislatures
law of agency
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Ans: The law that governs the relationship between a principal
and his or her agent.
Felony
Ans: An offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in a
state or federal prison for more than one year.
Misdemeanor
Ans: A crime punishable by fine or by imprisonment in a facility
other than a prison for less than one year.
accessory
Ans: An accessory is one who contributes to or aids in the
commission of a crime—by a direct act, by an indirect act (such
as encouragement), by watching and not giving aid, or by
concealing the criminal's crime. For example, the person in
charge of billing for health care services in a medical office may
be an accessory to insurance fraud if he or she takes no action,
even though he or she knows that some health care
practitioners are billing for services not rendered.
Punitive Damages
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Medical Law & Ethics (HLHS) Midterm Ivy
Tech Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
Law
Ans: Rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally
recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority
Ethics
Ans: Standards of behavior, developed as a result of one's
concept of right and wrong
bioethics
Ans: A discipline dealing with the ethical implications of
biological research methods and results, especially in medicine
virtue ethics
Ans: Focuses on the traits, characteristics, and virtues that a
moral person should have
case law
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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Ans: Law established through common law and legal precedent
civil law
Ans: law that involves wrongful acts against persons
administrative law
Ans: Enabling statutes enacted to define powers and
procedures when an agency is created
constitutional law
Ans: law that derives from federal and state constitutions
criminal law
Ans: law that involves crimes against the state
statutory law
Ans: law passed by US congress or state legislatures
law of agency
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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Ans: The law that governs the relationship between a principal
and his or her agent.
Felony
Ans: An offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in a
state or federal prison for more than one year.
Misdemeanor
Ans: A crime punishable by fine or by imprisonment in a facility
other than a prison for less than one year.
accessory
Ans: An accessory is one who contributes to or aids in the
commission of a crime—by a direct act, by an indirect act (such
as encouragement), by watching and not giving aid, or by
concealing the criminal's crime. For example, the person in
charge of billing for health care services in a medical office may
be an accessory to insurance fraud if he or she takes no action,
even though he or she knows that some health care
practitioners are billing for services not rendered.
Punitive Damages
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