LEGAL MEDICINE Questions and Answers

1. _____ is the expectation that your individual rights will be protected.

A. Due process
B. Standard of care
C. Duty of care
D. Good Samaritan laws

2. _____ is the ability to understand someone without actually experiencing what

they have experienced.
A. Empathy
B. Sympathy
C. Integrity
D. Beneficence

3. Someone who is _____ is inclined to sue.

A. Vindictive
B. Litigious
C. Greedy
D. Maleficent

4. _____ varies by state and defines what the "practice of medicine" is for that
state.
A. Medical Practice Acts
B. Good Samaritan Laws
C. Vital statistics
D. Reciprocity

5. A _____ is a past case that serves as a future model.

A. Precedent
B. Case study
C. Example
D. Summary judgement

6. _____ ensures that no one branch of the government can have more power than
another.
A. Check and balances
B. Bipartisanship
C. The democratic party
D. The republican party

7. Ethics is the study of good vs. evil.

8. Man-made rules for the protection of society are called law/s.

9. Medical etiquette are standards of professional behavior.

10. Stare decisis means let the decision stand.