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Chapter 6 Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceFailure to perform an action that a reasonable person would have performed in a similar situation isan assumption of risk.negligence.respondeat superior.malfeasance.
- 2. Multiple ChoicePerforming a wrong and illegal act is consideredmisfeasance.nonfeasance.malfeasance.feasance.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceProfessional misconduct or demonstration of an unreasonable lack of skill with the result of injury, loss, or damage to the patient isnonfeasance.feasance.malpractice.misfeasance.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceNegligence is composed of four elementsmalpractice, misfeasance, nonfeasance, and malfeasance.duty, dereliction of duty, direct or proximate cause, and damages.malpractice, misfeasance, dereliction of duty, and damages.duty, dereliction of duty, nonfeasance, and malfeasance.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe reasonable person standard refers to thedereliction of duty.damages.duty of due care.proximate cause.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe standard of care for physicians and other healthcare professionals is determined bythe AMA.the local hospital.a board of physicians appointed by the local chapter of the AMA who practice in the same medical specialty.what members of the same profession would do in a similar situation within the same geographic area.
- 7. Multiple Choice
To prove dereliction of duty, a patient would have to prove the physician
did not carry malpractice insurance.
did not conform to the acceptable standard of care.
took additional risks in performing the treatment.
none of answers are true
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe thing speaks for itself applies to the law of negligence and is the doctrine ofres ipsa loquitur.respondeat superior.preponderance of evidence.compensatory damages.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceMonetary awards by a court to a person who has been harmed in an especially malicious or willful way arecompensatory damages.nominal damages.punitive damages.wrongful damages.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTo win a wrongful death case, the plaintiff must proveproximate cause of death.malpractice.nominal damages.negligence.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe most common defense provided by the defendant in a medical malpractice case is calledaffirmative defense.denial defense.assumption of risk.borrowed servant.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAssumption of risk is the legal defenseused by the defendant in a case to prove innocence from injury.that prevents the plaintiff from recovering damages if he or she accepts a risk associated with the activity.that determines that the patient was fully or partly at fault for the injury, and no damages may be recovered.that bases the recovery of damages by the plaintiff on the amount of fault of the defendant.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhen an employer lends an employee to someone else, this is calledcomparative negligence.respondeat superior.the borrowed servant doctrine.fraud.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe statute of limitations for a case begins to runwhen the injury occurs.2 years after the injury.when the plaintiff sues the defendant.when the injury is discovered.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceDeliberate concealment of the facts from a patient iscomparative negligence.fraud.liability.contributory negligence.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceRes judicata meansthe thing has been decidedlet the master answerborrowed servant doctrine.the thing speaks for itself.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe legal relationship formed between two people when one person agrees to perform work for another person is calledthe promise to cure.liability.the law of agency.all of the above.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Protection for the physician/employer by the healthcare professional is best accomplished by
A having a job description with clearly defined responsibilities, duties, and necessary skills.
using extreme care when performing his or her job.
carrying out only those procedures for which he or she is trained.
all of the answers are correct
- 19. Multiple ChoiceResponsibility for action in employment is ultimately assigned to theemployee.employer.agency.supervisor.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA contract by which one person promises to compensate or reimburse another if he or she suffers a loss from a specific cause or a negligent act isa rider.arbitration.liability insurance.malpractice insurance.
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