Across
- 2. Legal or ethical situation involving real or hypothetical patients
- 5. Obligation to avoid causing unnecessary harm to a patient
- 8. When two ethical principles like autonomy and beneficence disagree
- 9. Permission granted with full understanding of risks and alternatives
- 13. Acting in the best interest of the patient to promote well-being
- 16. Branch of law addressing vaccination, sanitation, and disease prevention
- 18. Short case example used to analyze ethical or legal decisions
- 24. Failure to act as a reasonably prudent medical professional would
- 26. Digital system for storing patient medical records and health history
- 27. Legal term for professional negligence causing patient harm
- 28. Federal law that protects patient health data in electronic and paper form
- 31. Order that prevents healthcare providers from performing CPR
- 36. Unauthorized physical contact with a patient during medical care
- 37. Study of controversial issues like stem cell use and organ donation
- 39. First requirement in malpractice: provider-patient relationship existed
- 40. Legal responsibility a provider holds for harm caused during treatment
- 41. Use of telecommunications to provide medical care from a distance
- 42. Permission granted by a patient before receiving treatment
- 44. Verbal or written agreement to a procedure or treatment
- 45. Artificial intelligence used for diagnosing, charting, or clinical decision-making
- 46. Isolation of individuals to prevent spread of infectious diseases
- 47. Formal discharge of the provider-patient relationship, often in writing
- 48. Cells that can become any body tissue, used in regenerative medicine
Down
- 1. Medical records that support care decisions and defend against lawsuits
- 3. Analysis of DNA to identify inherited disorders or disease risk
- 4. Mechanical devices used to sustain life when organs fail
- 6. Hospital team that helps resolve ethical conflicts in patient care
- 7. Ensuring patients receive equal and fair medical treatment
- 10. Professional obligation to protect patient information from unauthorized disclosure
- 11. Legal claim filed by a patient harmed by negligence or misconduct
- 12. Medical intervention that prevents communicable disease, often debated legally
- 14. Landmark 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide
- 15. Legal obligation to treat patients with skill and attention
- 17. Physician involvement in helping a patient end life under legal circumstances
- 19. Legal document stating patient wishes for end-of-life medical care
- 20. Example: Discussing a patient’s condition in a crowded elevator
- 21. Legal process in which a malpractice case is argued before a court
- 22. Permanent method of birth control involving surgery
- 23. Intentionally ending life to relieve suffering with or without patient request
- 25. Federal law prohibiting health insurance discrimination based on genetic tests
- 29. The right of individuals to control access to their personal health information
- 30. Legal rights related to contraception, pregnancy, and fertility choices
- 32. Medical termination of a pregnancy before fetal viability
- 33. Copying DNA to create identical genetic organisms, often debated in bioethics
- 34. Consent inferred from a patient’s actions, like showing up to an appointment
- 35. Telling a patient all risks, benefits, and alternatives to a treatment
- 38. A patient’s right to make decisions about their own healthcare
- 43. Guidelines that help determine right from wrong in medical decisions