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| lacking or indifferent to moral standards. |
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| also called biomedical ethics, the moral dilemmas and issues of advanced medicine and medical research. |
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| standards of professional behavior that physicians use for conduct with other physicians. |
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| imminent apprehension of bodily harm. |
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| neglect of an understanding between two parties; failing to perform a legal duty. |
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| relationships between individuals or between individuals and government, which are not criminal. |
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| the illegal appropriation of property, usually money, by a person entrusted with its possession. |
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| occur when a person has been intentionally or deliberately injured by another. |
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| state laws that help protect healthcare professionals and ordinary citizens from liability while giving emergency care to accident victims. |
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| the cooperation of one statet in granting a license to practice medicine to a physician already licensed in another state. |
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| Latin phrase meaning " let the master answer"; means the employer is responsible for the actions of the employee. |
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| the ordinary skill and care that medical practitioners use and that is commonly used by other medical practitioners in the same locality when caring for patients; what another medical professional would consider appropriatecare in similar circumstances. |
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| the period of time that a patient has to file a lawsuit. |
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| a fixed monthly fee paid by an HMO to health care providers for providing medical services to patients who are members of that HMO. |
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| a payment plan for medical bills that offers subscribers (members) complete medical care in return for a fixed monthly fee. |
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| Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)- |
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| a type of managed care plan that offers a range of health services to plan members for a predetermined fee for member per member by a limited group of providers. |
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| federal program, implemented by the individuals states, to provide financial assistance for the indigent. |
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| Prospective payment system- |
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| the payment amount or reimbursement with a set rate for certain procedures is known in advance. |
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| Withdrawing medical care from a patient without providing sufficient notice to the patient. |
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| when a noncompliant patient leaves a hospital without physicians permission. |
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| Durable power of attorney- |
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| a legal agreement that allows an agent or representative of the patient to act on behalf of the patient. |
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| an agreement that is made through inference by signs, inaction, or silence. |
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| Priviledged communication- |
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| Confidential information that has been told to a physician (or attorney) by the patient. |
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| an inflammatory disease of the bronchi characterized by wheezing, dyspnea, and a feeling of constriction in the chest. |
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| the branch of philosophy relating to morals and moral principles |
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| Instrument used to examine to bronchi |
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| Inherited disease that affects the pancreas,respiratory system, and sweat glands. |
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| dilatation, dilation, stretching, expansion. |
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| Surgical excision of a lobe of any organor gland, such as the lung. |
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| Inflammation of the nose and pharynx |
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| Inflammation of the pleura caused by injury, infection, or a tumor. |
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| New opening on the trachea |
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| Infectious disease caused by obstruction of the air passageway |
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| nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drugs |
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| adult respiratory distess syndrome |
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| severe acute respiratory syndrome |
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