Medical Office Management – NCCT Questions and Answers Latest Update

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Medical Office Management – NCCT Questions and Answers Latest Update Right and wrong conduct is known as Correct Answer-ethics The most common type of medical tort liability is Correct Answer-neg... ligence A person being sued is called the Correct Answer-defendent The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is Correct Answer-abandonment An unlawful treat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is Correct Answer-assault the health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers Correct Answer-reasonable care Negligence by a professional person is called Correct Answer-malpractice An act that violates criminal law is called Correct Answer-crime the breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called Correct Answer-breach The ability to see things from anothers person's point of view is Correct Answer-empathy The time established for filing law suits is Correct Answer-statute of limitations A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is a Correct Answer-subpoena A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a Correct Answer-tortHolding or detaining a person against his will is Correct Answer-false imprisoment A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed of made public without giving consent is Correct Answer-invasion of privacy A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is Correct Answerfelony One who institutes a lawsuit is Correct Answer-plaintiff A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is Correct Answer-will Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is Correct Answer-privileged communication A rule of conduct made by a government bodey is Correct Answer-law Failure to do something that a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances that ends up causing harm to another person or aperson's property is Correct Answer-negligence Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is Correct Answer-consent Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false satements to a third person is Correct Answer-defamation An agrement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is Correct Answer-contract Lack of physical or mental fitness is known as Correct Answer-incompetence The final decision of a court in an action or suit is Correct Answer-judgmentResponsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee is Correct Answer-respondeat superior A Latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is Correct Answer-non compos mentis A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called Correct Answeremancipated minor An impartial panel established to listen to an investigate patient's complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called a __________committee Correct Answer-medical grievance Latin for "things done: deeds"; the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question would be called Correct Answer-res gestae Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is Correct Answer-deposition A satutue that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called a Correct Answer-civil law Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called Correct Answer-breach of duty A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called Correct Answer-battery [Show More]

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