Medical Law and Ethics Chapter 1 Key Words

Those who are trained to administer medical or health care to patients

Prone to engage in lawsuits

The person bringing charges in a lawsuit

The person or party against whom criminal or civil charges are brought in a lawsuit

Accountable under the law

Decisions made by judges in the various courts the decide rule of law and apply to future cases, even though they were not enacted by a legislature; also known as case law

A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial

Dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving or attempting to deprive another of his or her rights

Rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as biding or enforced by a controlling authority

Standards of behavior developed as a result of one's concept of right and wrong

One's personal concept of right and wrong, formed through the influence of the family, culture, and society

A list of principles intended to govern behavior-here the behavior of those entrusted with providing care to the sick

Publications that detail a wide variety of ethical situations that professionals (in this case health care practitioners) might face in their work and offer principles for dealing with the situations in an ethical manner

A pledge for phsicians, developed by the greek physician hippocrates circa 400BC

Code of ethics for members of the american medical association written in 1847