Review Questions How does the scope of practice help regulate the health care field?
If a medical professional is found guilty of malpractice, what are the possible consequences?
Why does failing to keep equipment in clean, working order qualify as neglect?
Why are health care professionals often in a good position to notice domestic abuse?
How do ideas about age and gender shape health care professionals’ ideas about domestic violence?
Critical Thinking Questions
If a patient feels that he or she has been incorrectly billed for services and wants to take legal action, would it be a criminal or civil action? Explain your answer.
Think of a reason a doctor might no longer want to see a patient. Describe at least one example of this. How could the doctor handle this situation without abandoning him or her?
Give three reasons that abuse might be hard for a health professional to detect.
Why do you think older people among the elderly are the most likely to be abused?
Why might a person choose a living will over a Durable Power of Attorney?