120th century: over 200 specialties added to health care team. It provides over 80% of direct patient care. Combines science and technology with patient care.
Allied health
2Essential Characteristics of a Profession
—Competence in specialized body of knowledge and skill
—Provision of particular service of society
—Standards of education and practice
—Self regulation
3Outlines activities providers perform in delivery of patient care
Develop code of ethics to assist in self-regulation
Outlines profession’s mission and objectives
Legal Practice Act
4Scope of professional practice
Requirements and qualifications for licensure or certification
Exemptions to basic requirements
Grounds for administrative actions
Penalties and sanctions for unauthorized practice
Specialty Practice Acts
5Right or Wrong?
Sanction: loss of professional reputation, loss of professional affiliations
Ethical conduct
6Legal or Illegal?
Sanction: punishment as prescribed by law
Legal Requirements
7Proper or Improper?
Sanction: loss of professional respect and fellowship
Professional etiquette
8Ethical question: values, morals, individual culture, intense personal beliefs, and faith
Ethics: how we make judgements in regard to right and wrong
Health Care Ethics
9Body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority; having bound legal force
Minimum standard of expected performance between individuals in a society
Law
10Emanates from judicial decisions
Court rulings
Common Law
11Arises from legislative bodies
Ex: RA, EO, Ordinances
Statutory Law
12Follows from rules and regulationsand decisions of administrative agencies
Agency rules and regulation (implement)
Administrative Law
13Fundamental Principles of Law
Concern for justice — less in life, more on law
Plascticity and change — it should withstand the test of time
Acts judged on universal standard and reasonable person
Doctrine of Invidual Rights and Responsibilities
14Law is incomplete and always growing
15There are areas of law where there are no previous legal rulings; growth and change occurs
16Wise to view the law as guide to proper behavior; mistake to confuse legal and ethicsl behavior
- The satement is correct.
- The statement is wrong.
17Steps in a Civil Lawsuit
Complaint
Answer
Discovery
Trial and Judgement
Appeal
18Person who brings an action in a court of law
Plaintiff or Complaint
19Person against whom an action is brought
Defendant or Accused
20Legally sufficient (evidence and proof) to establish a case
Prima Facie
21Has the burden of proof
Plaintiff or Complaint
22Files petition with court that adresses elements of prima facie case
Complaint
23Defendant three choices
admit
deny
plead ignorance to each allegation in complainy
24Filling an answer moves case into pre-trial case
Answer
25Fact- finding phase
Discovery
26Interrogatories
Document requests
Depositions
Discovery
27Case tried before a judge only or before judge and jury
Trial and Judgement
28Losing party may appeal a trial court decisions to ahigher court
Appeal
29The Highest Court
Supreme Court
30Trier of Law
Appellate court
31Neutral third party of whom both sides have agreed will have power to decide and render a binding decisions
Arbitration