Health Care Management Ch 15

25 August 2022
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Legal decisions
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Which of the following is not a primary source of ethics?
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Hospitals receiving Medicare funds must provide appropriate care in their emergency rooms if possible
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What does the emergency medical treatment and active labor act of 1985 require?
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Having the patient/surrogate read and sign a document
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Which of the following is not a required part of the definition of informed consent?
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overpayment
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Which of the following is not part of the definition of healthcare malpractice?
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all of the above. Confidentiality, right to refuse care, self determination
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Rights of patients include the following
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False
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True or false? Laws in the United States normally arise from governing bodies that license healthcare professionals
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True
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True or false? Malpractice is a charge which can be found under either civil or criminal law
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True
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True or false? Administrative agencies dictate many of the ways in which healthcare workers in organizations must function
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must be written
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Which of these elements is not necessary for a contract to be binding?
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Do no know harm
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Nonmaleficence is a concept that states you should
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True
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True or false? Generally speaking laws govern the relationships between private individuals and organizations in between both of these in the government
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all of the above
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Intentional torts include
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False
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True or false? Patients have no responsibilities in their relationships with providers
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Civil
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Contract violations are generally considered to be part of which type of law?
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criminal
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A wrong again society as a whole, even if a particular individual is harmed, is considered a violation of which type of law?
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malice
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For a health providers action to be considered negligent, which of the following factors is not necessary?
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society as a whole
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Criminal law is generally concerned with
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False
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True or false? Any willing provider laws seek to enable patient to see whichever providers they want
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all of the above
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What are the main sources of American law?
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False
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True or false? State and local laws normally Trump federal law
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all of the above
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What are some of the ways in which healthcare organizations protect the rights of their patients?
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Religious bodies and other sources of ethical beliefs adapt their stances overtime
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Ethical and legal reasoning often overlap for the following reasons
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all of the above
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Which of the following are obligations of a managed care organization to its patients?
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True
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True or false? Even though the premise behind legal decision-making is to be nine biased educator, it is extremely difficult to leave your personal, ethical beliefs behind.
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False
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True or false? If an act is legal it has to be ethical