Right and wrong conduct is known as:

The most common type of medical tort liability is:

A person being sued is called the:

The withdrawal of a physician from the care of a patient without reasonable notice of such discharge from the case by the patient is:

An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another is:

The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers. This is called:

Negligence by a professional person is called:

An act that violates criminal law is called:

The breaking of a law, promise, or duty is called:

The ability to see things from another person's point of view is:

The time established for filing law suits is:

A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceeding and to give testimony is:

A wrong committed against another person or the person's property is a:

Holding or detaining a person against his will is:

A violation of a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent is:

A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed other than a misdemeanor is:

One who institutes a lawsuit is:

A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death is:

Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it is:

A rule of conduct made by a government body is:

Failure to do something a reasonable person would do under ordinary circumstances, or doing something a reasonable person would not do under ordinary circumstances, thereby, causing harm to another person or a person's property is:

Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in his right mind is:

Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person is:

An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some definite thing is:

Lack of physical or mental fitness is:

The final decision of a court in an action or suit is:

Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee:

A latin term signifying that a person is not of sound mind is:

A person who is no longer under the care, custody, or supervision of a parent is called:

An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate a patient's complaints about medical care or excessive fees is called:

Latin for "things done; deeds;" the facts and circumstances attendant to the act in question is called:

Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial is:

A statue that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law is called:

Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty is called:

A deliberate physical attack upon a person is called:

Latin for "he who acts for himself" is called:

The branch of study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research is called:

A statement given concerning some scientific, technical, or professional matter by an expert, such as a physician is called:

A patient's failure to act prudently and reasonably, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances is called:

Consent to treatment based on a full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment is called:

Conduct, courtesy, and manners; customary in the medical profession are called:

An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called:

To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with the intention or resumption at a later date; continuance. This is called:

Latin for "things decided;" a matter already decided by judicial authority is called:

That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produces an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred is called:

Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used is called:

What license must a physician have to dispense, prescribe or administer controlled substances?

Unauthorized disclosure of information regarding the patient to a third party is called:

In legal terms, a review by persons with similar professional qualifications is called a :

Under the Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982, the Peer Review Organizations are responsible for the review for appropriateness and necessity of admission which is called the: