Unit 1: Medical Law and Ethics/Medical Math/Professional Standards

provides people with a MINIMUM standard of conduct. governs the interaction between people in an attempt to create an orderly society

a field of applied ethics that applies to the filed or medicine and health care

refers to beliefs that are morally right or wrong; provides standards for how one should behave

has been the basis of ethical behavior and ethical conflict in medicine

defines the procedures, actions, and processes that are permitted for the health care professionals

is the ACTUAL physical harm or unwarranted touching of another person

invasion of privacy helps to ensure that you will have your privacy maintained

is the failure to do something that a prudent person would ordinarily do OR not doing something you have been trained to do

is professional negligence. it means “bad practice”. it has come to mean professional care that has led to injury

is a principle that means literally telling people what medical procedure will be performed, the expected outcome, and the possible complications

sets a time line for implementation of confidentiality guidelines to safeguard medical records and individual medical information

what does HIPAA stand for

counting numbers and zero; they DO NOT contain decimals or fractions

numbers that have decimals

whole numbers and a fraction

whole or all of something

totaling of two or more numbers

taking a number away from another

finding the product of two numbers

separating into parts

units less than one and are always written in what form

cm

mm

m