“Medical Records” HCA 322 Health Care Ethics & Medical Law 06/11/2013 “Medical Records” 1 Some of the laws that bind the professional that works with medical records are the maintaining of patient medical information such as doctors’ orders‚ test results‚ x-rays‚ the prescriptions of different medications etc. Medical records must be precise
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Negligence Marsha Ruckle University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics 478 Francis E. Mieckzowski‚ Jr. March 11‚ 2013 Negligence Health care providers‚ including nurses‚ have a responsibility to provide competent and safe care to their patients. When an unsuccessful or unfortunate medical outcome occurs‚ whether it is from negligence‚ gross negligence‚ or malpractice‚ the legal system often is called in to action. The health care setting is a complex arena with much potential for error and it is
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a contract or agreeing to accept a patient under his or her care‚ to make reasonable limitation on the contractual relationship. The physician is under no legal obligation to treat patients who may wish to exceed those limitations. Under the patient-physician contract‚ both parties have certain rights and responsibilities. 2. Patient right and responsibilities Patients have the right to choose a physician; although some managed care plans may limit choices. Patients also have the right to terminate
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circumstances would perform‚ or if an act is committed that: a reasonable person would not commit. 3. To whom is duty of care owed? Nonpatients (pg.94) 4. If a custodian sues an employing physician for ordering her to lift a heavy bookcase that injures her back‚ is the issue of liability standard of care or duty of care? Duty of Care 5. What is the basis for most medical malpractice claims? High damage awards in tort cases have led to a malpractice insurance crisis for physicians. 6
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Bartling v. Superior Johnny Valentine Rasmussen College Author Note This assignment is being submitted on August 19‚ 2012‚ for Carol Taylor’s M230 Medical Law and Ethics course. In 1990‚ Dr. Jack Kevorkian became infamous for assisting individuals who were terminally ill with physician-assisted suicide. Many people frown upon this and even protest saying it’s inhumane. If a family member were on life support and only living because of the tubes connected to their body‚ what would you do
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A Deeper Look into Ethics and Laws Regarding Surrogacy HCA 322: Health Care Ethics and Medical Law A Deeper Look into Ethics and Laws Regarding Surrogacy When one or more persons contract with a woman to gestate a child than relinquish that child after birth to the person or couple is known as surrogacy. It is a course of action that goes outside of natural reproduction. For some‚ it is the only method of having children‚ extending family. Surrogacy has been stirring up many controversies over
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Chapter 4 Study Questions and Answers Define battery and give an example. Battery in the medical field can be as simple as a nurse or nursing assistant continuing to perform physical care after a patient has demanded not to be touched. Often‚ this form of legal tort is difficult to grasp and can be difficult to apply in real life situations. For example‚ (a rhetorical question)‚ can a patient claim a tort of battery if the patient fell but the patient screams to the nurse‚ "Don’t touch me!"
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Physician Assisted Suicide Name HCA 322 Health Care Ethics & Medical Law Instructor Date Physician Assisted Suicide (Physician Assisted Suicide) also referred to as Physician Aid-in-dying (PAD) is practice in which a physician assist a terminally patient in the termination of his/her own life by prescribing a deadly/lethal medication. “The term physician aid-in-dying is used to describe the practice authorized under the Washington and Oregon Death with Dignity Acts….” Starks
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WEEK 5 FINAL: ASSISTED SUICIDE HCA322: Health Care Ethics & Medical Law Instructor Sarah Howell April 15‚ 2013 ASSISTED SUICIDE “Aid in dying” is the most extensive idea of assisting someone to die. One component of this extensive idea is physician assisted death. Physician assisted death includes all of the types of euthanasia such as‚ active and passive euthanasia‚ which can be either voluntary or involuntary. A small subset of physician assisted death is physician assisted suicide
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for their patients. Likewise‚ health care providers have the right to expect reasonable and responsible behavior on the part of our patients‚ their relatives‚ and friends. This is where the patient’s bill of rights comes into play. The Patient’s Bill of Rights was first adopted by the American Hospital Association (AHA) in 1973 and revised in October 1992. Patient rights were developed with the expectation that it would contribute to more effective patient care. It aids the patients and their
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