Examine the legal issues related to the health and medical science profession.
Examination should include
- certification and licensure
- malpractice
- negligence and abuse
- patient rights
- invasion of privacy
- healthcare records
- power of attorney
- use of professional standards
- criminal vs. civil law
- negligence
- torts
- malpractice
- invasion of privacy
- false imprisonment
- assault and battery
- abuse
- defamation
- contracts
- implied
- expressed
- legal disabilities
- agent.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the consequences of employing staff that are not properly certified or licensed?
- What types of liability issues affect healthcare workers in the various healthcare fields?
- How do professional standards ensure the proper care of all patients? What is the relationship between professional standards and legal responsibilities?
- What four components must be proved in a malpractice case?
- How could legal action result from malpractice, negligence, false imprisonment, abuse, assault and battery, invasion of privacy, and defamation?
- What are the two main types of law affecting health care?
- What are examples of torts?
- How does contract law affect health care?
- What are the three parts of a contract?
- When could a healthcare worker be charged with abuse, invasion of privacy, assault and battery, and false imprisonment?
- What are the main types of consent?