Question

Chapter 5: Medicine and Law CHAPTER PRETEST Have the students answer these a in relation to the content. answer these questions prior to covering this chapter to understand where they stand 2) A 1) Medical assistants who a dical assistants who are guilty of negligence are liable for their own actions, but the injured party generally - the provider because the chance of collecting damages is greater a questions c) subpoenas (b) sues d) interviews Is a legally binding request to provide records or documents to appear in court. It is usually issued to the person considered the custodian of the records (such as a medical assistant or the office manager). a) subpoena duces tecum c) summons b) wnt d) contract 3) is defined as the level of uncertainty a juror must have to find a defendant not guilty of a crime. 4) In the patient and the physician agree to submit the dispute to an arbitrator in an informal hearing law is the division of civil law that deals with medical professional liability. a) Personal injury c) Tort b) Contract d) Workers' compensation 6) Interrogatories are directed from each party of a lawsuit to the other. a) statements c) writs b) subpoenas d) lists of questions 7) damages are designed to compensate for the actual damages suffered. a Compensatory c) Injury b) Contractual d) Liability 8) Passage of HIPAA in 1996 offered the healthcare profession extensive rules and regulations concerning the electronic transfer of information. 5) exists when the patient contributes to his or her own condition, and it can lessen the damages that can be collected or even prevent them from being collected altogether. if found 10) A physician may lose his or her license to practice medicine if convicted of a(n). guilty of unprofessional conduct, or as a result of personal or professional incapacity

Answer 1

1. Answer ; B) sues.

Reason ; It is a kind of legal term used when a person is going to file a case for another person or institution about his loss and he request for the law to repay his things or amount that he had lost in that situation. In the given example the person is doing something like this as like mentioned in the above statement, hence the above mentioned term is the most appropriate one.

2. Answer ; A) subpoena duces tecum

Reason ; During the case process, when a court orders a respective person or request him to submit all reliable and most adequate data that shows the proof of what the person had filed as a case in the court. The above mentioned options explains the term that refers the actual process made by the court. although it has a relationship with summon but in the given example it doesn't refers the term summon.

3. Answer ; reasonable doubt.

Reason ; The terms explains that when a juror person finds someone has doubt on that case, but he can not able to provide solid proof about him, yet according to the situation and considering with all other existing fact the juror would condemn that person as a doubtful one. The above mentioned term is the actual legal terms that refers the giiven definition.

4. Answer ; Arbitration

5. Answer ; C) tort

6. Answer ; d) list of question

7. Answer ; A) compensatory