Medical Ethics Final Exam Review

3. The public official who investigates and holds inquests over those who die from unknown or violent causes is the
4. provides direction about specific wishes about end of life care
5. something for something
6. Oral promises made to an employee by an employer may be used as evidence in a suit brought by the employee for
10. The study of death and dying
13. involves transplanting animal tissues and organs into humans
17. rule that states policies and procedures must be in place to protect unauthorized viewers from accessing PHI
18. The person most likely to handle the problem of a computer hacker (an unauthorized person) that is able to access and download information about patients is the
19. are necessary in any office that has any hazardous material

1. The legal doctrine that allows the state the authority to act in a child's best interest is called
2. a patients _____ ______ should not be released to a third party without written permission
7. surrogate who has agreed to carry a child to term for a couple, but who is not related to the couple
8. The combination of proteins that comprises each human chromosome is called
9. If a patient dies of natural causes while under his or her physician's care, who completes the medical portion of the death certificate?
11. a person, group, or organization outside the medical practice that has a HIPAA approved reason to see protected health information
12. The federal agency responsible for testing and approving drugs before releasing them for public use is
14. Consent is unnecessary in what kind of situation?
15. fluid is withdrawn from a woman's pregnant uterus to be used for genetic and medical tests
16. eggs and sperm are brought together outside the body, in a test tube or petri dish.