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MEDICAL LAW & ETHICS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025
Ethics - correct answer- Wrong and right conduct
Negligence - correct answer- Most common type of medical tort
liability
Defendant - correct answer- The person being sued
Abandonment - correct answer- When a doctor stops the care
of a patient without reasonable notice of discharge from the
case.
Assault - correct answer- An attack or threat to do bodily injury
to another
Reasonable care - correct answer- The health worker is
protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted
reasonable as compared with fellow workers.
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Malpractice - correct answer- Negligence by a professional
person
Crime - correct answer- Act that violates criminal law.
Breach - correct answer- Breaking of the law, promise, or duty
Empathy - correct answer- The ability to see things from
another persons point of view.
Statute of Limitations - correct answer- Time established for
filing law suits
Subpoena - correct answer- A writ that commands a witness to
appear at a trial or other proceedings and to give testimony.
Tort - correct answer- A wrong committed against another or the
persons property.
MEDICAL LAW & ETHICS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025
Ethics - correct answer- Wrong and right conduct
Negligence - correct answer- Most common type of medical tort
liability
Defendant - correct answer- The person being sued
Abandonment - correct answer- When a doctor stops the care
of a patient without reasonable notice of discharge from the
case.
Assault - correct answer- An attack or threat to do bodily injury
to another
Reasonable care - correct answer- The health worker is
protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted
reasonable as compared with fellow workers.
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Malpractice - correct answer- Negligence by a professional
person
Crime - correct answer- Act that violates criminal law.
Breach - correct answer- Breaking of the law, promise, or duty
Empathy - correct answer- The ability to see things from
another persons point of view.
Statute of Limitations - correct answer- Time established for
filing law suits
Subpoena - correct answer- A writ that commands a witness to
appear at a trial or other proceedings and to give testimony.
Tort - correct answer- A wrong committed against another or the
persons property.
