QUESTION 21 Respondeat superior is also known as res ipsa loquitur vicarious liability mother superior corporate…

QUESTION 21
Respondeat superior is also known as

res ipsa loquitur

vicarious liability

mother superior

corporate liability

QUESTION 22
A firm that provides service for employers and associations that
have group insurance policies is called

Medicare services

Freelancers

Mediators

Third Party Administrator (TPA)

QUESTION 23
A law that ensures that employee benefit plans conform to a
uniform body of law is called.

HIPAA

The ADA

The Hill – Burton Act

ERISA

QUESTION 24
Joint liability

is an orthopedic matter

Arises in cases dealing with the use of medical marijuana.

Invloves both board and the community

Involves the theory one person, or all persons, who caused harm
can be equally liable for damages.

QUESTION 25
What type of consent is most commonly an issue in a medical
malpractice case?

Deathbed consent

Express consent

Informed consent

Testamentary consent

QUESTION 26
Controversies about decisions to withhold certain
life-prolonging procedures (e.g., artificial feeding) from
incompetent, terminally ill patients occasionally make headlines.
Which of the following is the best general summary of most courts’
decisions in such cases?

Foregoing such procedures is legally justifiable when they would
have no apparent therapeutic benefit and the patient would not have
wanted his condition prolonged.

It is the courts’ and medical professionals’ responsibility to
preserve life at almost any cost.

It is for the spouse or closest relative to decide.

The primary consideration is to preserve the ethical integrity
of the medical profession.

QUESTION 27
Which of the following was not a “right to die” case?

In re Quinlan

Matter of Conroy

Buck v. Bell

Cruzan v. Director

QUESTION 28
Which of the following is not a required element of informed
consent?

Risks

Alternatives

Consequences of non-consent

Insurance coverage

QUESTION 29
The process by which a hospital expands services includes

Showing it is organized as a not-for-profit

Serving a chartible purpose

A CON (Certificate of Need)

None of the above.

QUESTION 30
An Agent is

A talent scout for executives

used to dilute solutions

one who has the power to act for and bind another

free