Law and Health Care System Administration Table of Contents I. Physician-Patient and Hospital- Patient Position II. Contract Principle and Breach Warranty III. Four elements of negligence IV. Governing board of a health care corporation I. Physician-Patient and Hospital- Patient Position As a health care administration, the importance of the physician-patient relationship is to agree to provide treatment in return for payment. Professional liability can arise if a contract
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A stowaway is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as an aircraft, bus, ship, cargo truck or train, to travel without paying and without being detected. Stowaways face dangerous situations. Since they are not legally on board, they must sometimes spend days without water or food when traveling by ship, risking death. A much greater risk of death is taken when trying to board an aircraft. Usually, a stowaway tries to jump into an aircraft by hanging on to the airliner's landing gear as the
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Week Four Make-up. Define, comment upon, and give examples from your eBook Chapter 6 1. APA for agencies: requires agencies to follow certain uniform procedures in making rules. arbitrary and capricious – this is the standard for challenging and agency action, an abuse of discretion or in violation of some other law. It requires the agency to show evidence to support the proposed rule, without the evidence the rule can be called arbitrary and capricious. – this can be set aside ultra
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complex healthcare delivery system that challenge the ability of nurses to provide safe quality of care. Should nurses fail to uphold certain standards and by doing so cause harm or injury to the client, they would be held liable in the tort of negligence. Description of a practical situation which raised ethical issues: Mr Lim 70 years old has been hospitalised for medical treatment with the diagnosis of chronic heart failure. He was ordered intravenous therapy by Dr Peter the medical resident
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was recognized to be applicable to companies accused of manslaughter. Indeed, in Attorney General’s Reference (No.2 of 1999) it was said that, ‘the identification principle remains the only basis in common law for corporate liability for gross negligence manslaughter’. Under the identification principle, criminal culpability can be extended to organizations if a directing mind/will can be found in a director/officer of the organization which can be attributed to the organization as the mens rea
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I assume that Lee was acting out of negligence as well as General Palmer by not making enough of an effort to make the 8.6 crossing safer. Lee should have followed his role as the train conductor by blowing the whistle at the ¼ miles mark like he should’ve and followed through with the proper
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Jails The purpose of jails in society is to protect innocent citizens, to protect the innocent to make sure people who break the law have a punishment and at the same time set an example so people don’t break the law again. Many observers see this negligence as having far-reaching consequences for criminal justice. Jail is often the first contact that citizens have with the corrections system. TO Download Complete Tutorial Hit Purchase Button CJS 200 week 8 checkpoint Jails Get Tutorial by Clicking
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statement shows that there is negligence in duty. The doctor must not in violate of duty of his service that is as a medical professional is not guilty of negligence. If he has acted in accordance with his service and with a proper responsible medical person experience is a special art. In this aspect the doctor is not a negligent. 2. Tort law Tort law covers in various areas like a claims of passenger insured in a road accident, a patient issue by doctor negligence. People arrested by police
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Hall v. Hilbun- The four D’s of negligence The four D’s of negligence are duty, dereliction of duty, direct or proximate cause, and damages. In order to obtain a judgment of negligence against a doctor the patient has to be able to show all four D’s in the case. In the case Hall v. Hilbun, Mrs. Hall was the patient and Dr. Hilbun was her surgeon. Duty is the responsibility that a doctor has to a patient. A patient has to prove that a relationship with the doctor has been
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Chapter 4 Legal Liability Considerations for Auditors * Review Questions 4-1 Several factors that have affected the increased number of lawsuits against CPAs are: 1. The growing awareness of the responsibilities of public accountants on the part of users of financial statements. 2. An increased consciousness on the part of the SEC regarding its responsibility for protecting investors’ interests. 3. The greater complexities of auditing and accounting due to the increasing
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