HOSA Medical Law and Ethics Test Latest

HOSA Medical Law and Ethics Test Latest Update - Sources with 380 Questions and Verified Correct Answers Golden Ticket to Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor

"The Veil of Ignorance" - CORRECT ANSWER: This saying means that no one person is advantaged or disadvantaged.

"Why study ethics?" - CORRECT ANSWER: In spite of the many gray areas of ethics, we are expected to take the right action when confronted with an ethical dilemma.

2 types of law - CORRECT ANSWER: Common law

Statutory law

3 brances of government - CORRECT ANSWER: Legislative- makes laws

Executive- administers laws Judicial- enforces laws

• requirements of HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.standardization of electronic patient

health data, administrative data, and financial data 2.unique health identifiers for individuals, employers, health plans, and health care providers 3.security standards to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the individually identifiable health information, past, present, or future

4 D's of negligence - CORRECT ANSWER: duty, derelict, direct cause, and damages

abuse - CORRECT ANSWER: ...any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish 1 / 4

Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER: Results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish

acceptance - CORRECT ANSWER: (5 of 5 stages of grief)

clients are at peace and would rather be left alone

access to medical care - CORRECT ANSWER: refers to whether people should have

the right to hc are able to receive hc

Active Euthanasia - CORRECT ANSWER: Positive act to bring about death, eg.

administration of lethal dose of drug.

Active Voluntary Euthanasia - CORRECT ANSWER: •Actively assisting a person to die

(ACTIVE)

•In response to a request, and with consent of the person (VOLUNTARY) Unlawful in Australia •amounts to aiding in suicide •would also amount to murder •consent to death immaterial Criminal Code 1899 (Qld),

Administrative law - CORRECT ANSWER: administrative agencies are given the power to enact regulations that also have the force of law

adult cells - CORRECT ANSWER: cells that are found in many kinds of tissue such as bone marrow, skin, and liver

advance directives - CORRECT ANSWER: ...legal documents that allow individuals to state what medical treatment they want or do not want in the event that they become incapacitated and are unable to express their wishes regarding medical care

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Advance directives - CORRECT ANSWER: Legal documents that allow individuals to

state what medical treatment they want to or do not want in the even they become incapacitated and are unable to express their wishes regarding medical care

Advance Health Directive - CORRECT ANSWER: A direction in an advance health

directive will only operate if:

•the person has impaired capacity (at the time the treatment is required); Powers of Attorney Act 1998, s36(1)(a).•the person has no reasonable prospect of regaining capacity for health matters; and Powers of Attorney Act 1998, s36(2)(c).•the person's medical condition falls within one of four categories.i)the adult has a terminal illness (ii) the adult is in a persistent vegetative state, (iii) the adult is permanently unconscious (iv) the adult has an illness or injury of such severity that there is no reasonable prospect that the adult will recover Powers of Attorney Act 1998, s36(2)(a)(1)-(iv).

Advances in Biotechnology - CORRECT ANSWER: Pre implantation Genetic Diagnosis

(PGD) PGD Benefits Allows clinicians to select against serious single gene disorders PGD Harms Deliberated destruction of 'unwanted' embryos Discrimination on the basis of difference

ageism - CORRECT ANSWER: any form of prejudice, bias, or discrimination that

negatively targets the person in the basis of age

agent - CORRECT ANSWER: ...in contract law this person is working under the

employer in this role 3 / 4

Agent - CORRECT ANSWER: When a person works under the direction or control of

another person the person working under the employer is called:

AHPRA and the National Boards - CORRECT ANSWER: protect the public and to

facilitate access to health services

allocation of scare medical resources - CORRECT ANSWER: distribution of available hc resources

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - CORRECT ANSWER: eliminate discrimination in employment against a qualified individual with a disability

amniocentesis - CORRECT ANSWER: method of prenatal diagnosis in which a needle

is used to withdraw fluid from the amniotic sac within the uterus of a pregnant woman

anger - CORRECT ANSWER: (2 of 5 stages of grief)

clients become envious and resentful

appeals court - CORRECT ANSWER: reviews decisions of courts

appellant - CORRECT ANSWER: one who appeals a case

Applied Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER: Practical application of moral standards that are meant to benefit the patient.

artificial insemination - CORRECT ANSWER: A process of fertilization in which a man's sperm is placed directly into a woman's vagina by a physician.

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