Legal-Ethical Medical Issues
Medical Jeopardy
• She said over the loudspeaker that “Dr.
Ricken is nuts!” She might be guilty of
this..
•
what is slander?
• Three ingredients to the bill of rights of
patients
• They have a right to know what they are
being treated for
• To be treated with respect
• To have questions about their care
answered in plain language
• To be informed of any major or surgical
procedures to be done
• To refuse non emergency care
Etc. etc.
• You do not want to be given any heroic
emergency care should you need it. You
should request and sign this document.
• What is a Living Will?
• Three ingredients of a contract
• What is “offer, acceptance and
consideration?”
• Malpractice is actually a case of this
• What is “negligence” or “failure to treat or
failure to diagnose?”
• Of the two types of courthouses, the one
you would find malpractice cases being
handled in
• What are “civil” courthouses?
• The doctor-patient relationship is special
and characterized by this special
description
• It is “privileged” meaning, no one else has
the right to discover what was disclosed in
this communication, even the law.
• A Texas University located in College
Station
• What is A and M University?
• The ASVAB exam is a competency exam
administered and written by this
organization
• What are the U.S. Military Services?
• For patients in a coma or who are
incompetent to make their own decisions,
a family should compose this legal
document
• What is a “durable power of attorney?”
• The only exception to being qualified to be
a trustee to make medical decisions for a
family member by way of a durable power
of attorney, is that they cannot be…..
• Heirs to the member’s estate
• Give an example of “professional
standards” and how good a professional
has to be.
• The professional used reasonable
judgement consistent with fifty percent of
health care workers in that field
• This country has “Seoul”
• What is South Korea?
• We have all engaged in contracts of this
type even without signing anything
• What are “oral or implied” contracts?
• In legal terms, payment for services is
described as this part of the contract
• What is “consideration?”
• When getting a patient to sign a consent
form, the nurse or doctor must be engaged
in a dialogue to help explain/answer
questions they might have. This method is
known as this
• What is “informed” consent?
• You rob a bank; the type of court you will
be tried in is this
• What is “criminal”court?
• Identify four types of abuse
• What is physical, emotional, sexual and
verbal, psychological, etc.?
• What is “assault and battery?”
• The improper “touching” of a minor
• The surgeon operates without
“informed”consent. He/she could be
charged with this.
• What is “assault with a deadly weapon?”
• After the hurricane, the health department
is concerned about cholera and plague
developing. What might have caused this
concern?
• The mixing of drinking water with “poop”
water
• Health care workers should understand a
patient’s pain but not succumb to it. This
characteristic is known as……
• Empathy, not sympathy
• The ability to use good judgement in being
sensitive to a patients’ needs and feelings
without being told what they feel is called
this quality
• What is “discretion?”
• It means, “ a civil wrong” type of lawsuit
• What is a “tort?”
• This characteristic of a healthcare worker
is a virtue because it means you are
careful in what you say or do being
sensitive to a person’s feelings and
vulnerabilities
• What is “tact?”
• Two forms of defamation of character
• What are libel and slander?
• By revealing information of a confidential
nature, about a patient to someone not
authorized to receive such information, a
healthcare worker might be guilty of this
• What is “invasion of privacy?”
• Exposing a patient’s body parts
unnecessarily to unauthorized persons in
the course of medical treatment might be
illegal and called this
• What is “invasion of privacy?”
• The actor who portrayed Stuart Little’s
father on the movie series about a cute
orphaned mouse
• Who is Hugh Laurie, aka Dr. Gregory
House, M.D.
• The former Senator from Tennessee who
died at the Alamo
• Who was Davy Crockett?
• You need your thyroid gland treated. Who
you gonna call?
• An endocrinologist
• To apply for all financial aid and also to be
considered for any scholarship, all
students must file this application with the
government in their senior year
• What is FASFA? (Free application for
student financial aid) online or in paper
form
• Three advantages of using a
community/junior college vs. a four year
school
• Cost, convenience, living at home, can
work in your neighborhood, courses often
online, courses transferable for college
credit, easy admission, etc.
• Three differences between high school
and four year colleges
• Cost, living at school, no attendance,
study what you want to study, more
competition, can be excluded for low
grades, variable hours of classes, may get
shut out of courses, easily transferable,
often far from home, may require
commuting
• True/false: Pre-med is a major course of
study
• False; pre-med is a track involving four
courses (bio, physics, inorganic and
organic chemistry). You must pick a major
despite this track of study.
• The only college in Texas that requires a
double major
• Houston Baptist University.
• This private college is in Waco, Texas
which is the home of Dr. Pepper’s
worldwide headquarters
• This college is in Lubbock, Texas and is
the home of the Red Raiders
• What is Texas Tech University
• You’ll have to commute downtown to find
these Cougars
• What is the University of Houston
• This specialist has the O.D. degree
• What is an optometrist?
• Three years of graduate study in
biomechanics and kinesiology are
included to train one to be one of these
• What is a physical therapist?
• While Grey’s Anatomy is located in this
city, House, M.D. is located in this city
• What is Seattle, Washington and
Princeton, New Jersey?
• What does Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth and Univ of
Pennsylvania all have in common?
• They are all Ivy League Schools
• Which of the following is/are NOT a virtue
for a healthcare worker?
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Tact
Sympathy
Avoiding discretion
Acceptance of criticism
• Sympathy and “avoiding”discretion. Drs.
And nurses should always be empathetic
and always use discretion (good, sensitive
judgement)
• A “king of torts” would likely have this
degree
• A J.D. (a personal injury attorney for civil
injury cases)
• Dentists, psychiatrists and
anesthesiologists have a particularly high
incidence of this
• Chemical dependence problems and
suicide
• HIPPA are a group of Federal laws
governing this
• The privacy of patient’s and their records
• (Health Insurance Privacy and Portability
Act)
• The approval of drugs and their testing for
efficacy is governed by this Federal
bureau
• What is the FDA (Food and drug
administration)
• The control of narcotics both legally and
illegally is the responsibility of this bureau
• What is the DEA (drug enforcement
administration)?
• The University of Texas has its main
campus here while its medical school is
here?
• What is Austin, Houston?
• A radiology technician probably has this
number of years of college
• One to two years
• A physical therapy aide probably has this
number of years of college
• One
• A dentist has this number of years of
training after high school
• Eight
• An optometrist has this number of years of
training after high school
• Eight
• A veterinarian has this number of years of
training after high school
• Eight
• A nurse has this number of years of
training after high school
• Four or less (depends on whether they get
a BSN or just the RN and pass the license
exam without the BSN)
• A D.C. is also known as this
• Doctor of Chiropractic
• The two courses required before applying
to nursing schools
• Microbiology and Anatomy/physiology
• Doctor Ricken’s first name
• Jeff
• The W.D. degree is characteristic of this
profession
• Voodoo (Witch Doctor) lol
In the French film it says “finis” but
the English version would say this
The End