LSUS HCAD750 Module 7 Exam Questions
With Verified Answers.
The four sources of law governing Americans - answer✔Common law, statutory law,
constitutional law and administrative law
Supreme court - answer✔What is the court of last resort in the US
Torts and contracts - answer✔Two common types of civil cases in healthcare
Jury or judge - answer✔In a court, the trier of fact
Verdict or judgment - answer✔The result of a civil trial
Wrongful acts against public health, safety, and welfare - answer✔Cases covered by criminal
law
Prosecutor - answer✔The attorney on behalf of the government to prosecute and accused for a
crime; has the burden of proving the charges against the defendant
Defendant - answer✔The person accused in a criminal or civil court action
Categories of tort liability - answer✔Negligent tort, intentional torts, and product liability; most
healthcare cases arise from negligent torts
Negligent tort - answer✔occurs when the defendant fails to act in a responsible way and thereby
subjects other people to an unreasonable risk of harm
Negligent Tort has 4 elements, what are they? - answer✔1. Duty to exercise due care: standard
of care, 2. Breach of duty, 3. Injury (no injury - no liability), 4. Proximate Cause: injury must be
caused by breach of duty
Truth and privilege - answer✔defenses to defamation
Judicial, regulatory, administrative - answer✔Subsystems of the US legal system
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