Quiz: Crime and Contracts AMOA 256 1. Failure to take reasonable precautions to protect others from the risk of harm. Negligence
2. A___tries to control the costs of health care through a variety of ways of managing the type and amount of medical services received by the patient. Managed care company
3. Examples of advance directives are the living will, the health care proxy, and the ____. Durable power of attorney
4. A contract comes into being when one party makes a(n) ___, which is accepted by another party. Offer
5. In the physician-patient relationship, physicians are in a position to ___the decisions of their patients. Influence
6. The United States Supreme Court has recognized___as a constitutional right. Privacy
7. ___may arise as the result of performing an act on a patient without using due care or failing to do something that is required. Negligence
8. Written or broadcast defamation is termed libel, while spoken defamation is termed ___. Slander
9. A ___occurs when there is a failure to perform terms of an agreement by either party. Breach of contract
10. Criminal cases are prosecuted by the state to punish the perpetrator; ___ cases arise from crimes against the person, with the ultimate goal of restoring the victim to his or her condition prior to the injury or loss. civil
