Medical Law and Ethics Review

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____________________ is a Latin, legal term that commands a witness to appear with certain medical records before the court.

The information contained in a medical record is the property of the patient.

A statute that provided grants to qualiﬁed organ procurement organizations and established an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to assist in the distribution of unused organs outside of their geographic area

It is not necessary to conscientiously compile medical records because they do not take precedence over a patient’s recollection during a trial.

A national statute allowing individuals to donate their bodies or body parts, after death for use in transplant surgery, tissue banks, or medical research

______________consent can be written or spoken.

When making a correction, it is acceptable to use correction ﬂuid or to erase.

When making a correction it is not acceptable to note near the correction as to why it was made (e.g. “error, wrong date”