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If the foot is abducted, it is moved in which direction? Answer - outward
A patient sustains severe blunt trauma to the left upper abdomen and requires
surgery. The body organ most likely to be involved is the Answer - spleen
right and wrong conduct is Answer - ethics
the most common type of medical tort liability is Answer - negligence
a person being sued is called Answer - the defendant
the withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable
notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is Answer -
abandonment
an unlawfulthreat or attempt to bodily injury to another is Answer - assault
the health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she
acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers is called Answer -
reasonable care
,negligence by a professional person Answer - malpractice
an act that violates criminal law is called Answer - a crime
the breaking of a law, promise, orduty is called Answer - breach
the ability to see things from another's point of view is called Answer -
empathy
the time established for filing law suits is Answer - statute of limitations
A ________ commands a witness to appear at a trial or other procceeding and
to give testimony Answer - supoena
a wrong committed against one another person or the person's property is
Answer - tort
holding or detaining a person against his will is Answer - false imprisonment
a violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph or
private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is considered
Answer - invasion of privacy
a major crime for which is greater punishment is imposed other that a
misdemeanor Answer - felony
one who institutes a lawsuit is called the Answer - plantiff
, a legal statement of how an individual's property is to distributed after death is
called a Answer - will
information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed
without consent of the person who gave it is called Answer - privileged
communication
a rule of conduct make by a government body is Answer - law
failure to do something that reasonable person would do under ordinary
circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or person's
property is Answer - negligence
permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is Answer -
consent
injurying the name and reputation of another person by makeing false
statements to a third person Answer - defamation
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some
definite thing is Answer - contract
lack of physical or mental fitness is Answer - incompetence
the final decision of a court in an action or suit is called Answer - judgement
responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is Answer -
respondent superior