Litigious - answer-Prone to sue
Plaintiff - answer-The person who brings the lawsuit
Defendant - answer-Person or party against whom criminal or civil charges are brought in a lawsuit.
Liable - answer-Legally responsible or obligated
Precedent - answer-Decisions made by judges in the va...
Medical Law & Ethics Chapter 1-3
Litigious - answer-Prone to sue
Plaintiff - answer-The person who brings the lawsuit
Defendant - answer-Person or party against whom criminal or civil charges are brought
in a lawsuit.
Liable - answer-Legally responsible or obligated
Precedent - answer-Decisions made by judges in the various courts that became rule of
law
Summary judgement - answer-A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a
motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial.
Fraud - answer-Dishonest or deceitful practices
Law - answer-A rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or
enforced by a controlling authority.
Ethics - answer-Standards of behavior developed as a result of ones concept of right and
wrong.
Moral values - answer-Ones personal concept of right and wrong
Code of ethics - answer-A list of principles intended to govern behavior
Bioethics - answer-A discipline dealing with the ethical implications of biological research
methods and results, especially in medicine.
Medical Bioethicist - answer-Specialists who consult with physicians, researchers and
others to help them make difficult ethical decisions regarding patient care.
Ethics committee - answer-Made up of individuals whom are involved in patient care,
family members, clergy & others, with the process of reviewing ethical issues in difficult
cases.
Etiquette - answer-Standards of behavior considered to be good manners among
members of a profession as they function as individuals in society.
Protocol - answer-A code prescribing correct behavior in a specific situation, such as a
situation arising in a medical office.
Common sense - answer-Sound practical judgement
, Critical thinking - answer-The ability to think analytically, using fewer emotions and more
rationale.
Needs based motivation - answer-The theory that human behavior is based on specific
human needs that must often be met in specific order. (Abraham Maslow is best known
for this theory. )
Teleological or consequence-orientated theory - answer-Decision making theory that
judges the rightness or wrongness based on the outcomes or predicted outcomes.
Utilitarianism - answer-A consequence orientated theory that stated that decisions
should be made by determining what results will produce the best outcome for the most
people.
Principle of utility - answer-Used in utilitarianism , requires that the rule used in making a
decision must bring about positive results when generalized to a wide variety of
situations.
Deontological or duty-orientated theory - answer-Decision making theory that states that
the rightness or wrongness of the act depends on its intrinsic nature and not the
outcome of the act.
Categorical imperative - answer-A rule that is considered universal law binding on
everyone and requiring action.
Autonomy - answer-The capacity to be ones own person and make ones own decisions
without being manipulated by external forces.
Beneficence - answer-Acts performed by a health care practitioner to help people stay
healthy or recover from illness
Confidentiality - answer-Keeping medical information strictly private
Justice - answer-Providing to an individual what is his or her due.
Role fidelity - answer-Being faithful to the scope of the services for which you are
licensed, certified or registered.
Veracity - answer-Truth telling
Virtue ethics - answer-Refers to the theory that people who have moral virtues will make
the right decisions
Nonmaleficence - answer-The duty to do no harm
Licensure - answer-A mandatory credentialing process established by law, usually at the
state level, that grants the right to practice certain skills and endeavors
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