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The period of time that a patient has to file a lawsuit is covered by the A) medical patients’ rights acts. B) statute of limitations. C) statute of limitations for murder. D) medical practice acts.

The legal relationship formed between two people when one person agrees to perform work for another person is called A) the promise to cure. B) liability. C) the law of agency. D) all of the above.

Minor children may receive life-saving treatment even if the parents refuse it A) if a court-appointed guardian gives consent. B) if the child chooses to receive it. C) when grandparents override the wishes of the parents. D) none of the above.

Assumption of risk is the legal defense that A) is used by the defendant in a case to prove innocence from injury. B) prevents the plaintiff from recovering damages if he or she had accepted a risk associated with an activity that led to the illness or injury. C) determines that the patient was fully or partly at fault for the injury, and no damages may be recovered. D) bases the recovery of damages by the plaintiff on the amount of fault of the defendant.

A Medicare-instituted method of hospital payment is A) HMO. B) DRG. C) PPO. D) EPO.

Medicare and Medicaid prohibit physicians from A) referring to services in which they have a financial interest or ownership. B) charging a reasonable fee for service. C) referring to rehabilitation or long-term care. D) ordering expensive tests.

Intentional torts include A) assault and battery. B) defamation. C) false imprisonment. D) all of the above.

Rights-based ethics emphasizes the A) individual rights of persons. B) rights of specific social and economic groups. C) duty of persons to adhere to laws. D) character traits of persons.

The purpose of the Drug Enforcement Administration is to A) enforce the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. B) ensure the safety of food items sold in the United States. C) regulate drug dealers. D) keep physicians from prescribing controlled substances.

Res judicata means A) the thing has been decided. B) let the master answer. C) borrowed servant doctrine. D) the thing speaks for itself.