NCCT Test Review for Medical Assistant (Law and Ethics) Flashcards

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Right and wrong conduct is known as?
Ethics
An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is?
Assault
Negligence by a professional person is called?
Malpractice
The time established for filing law suits is?
Statute of limitations
A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent is?
Invasion of privacy
Information given by a patient to medical personnel who cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is?
Privileged communication
Failure to do something a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances, or doing something a reasonable person would not do under ordinary circumstances, thereby, causing harm to another person or a person's property is?
Negligence
The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the pracice of medicine and in biomedical research is called?
Bioethics
Conduct, courtesy, and manner; customary in the medical profession are called?
Medical etiquette
Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding the patient to a third party is called?
Invasion of privacy
What license must a physicaian have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?
Narcotic
In legal terms, a review by persons with similar professional qualifications is called a?
Peer review
Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, the Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of admission which is called the?
Admissions review