Medical Care Law

Glossary

Glossary
Abandonment
Action
ACOG
ADA
Adjudication
Ad litem
Administrative Agency
Admissible
ADR
Affiant
Affidavit
Affirmative Defenses
Affirmed
Agency
AI
AID
Amicus Curiae
Answer
Antitrust Laws
Appeal
Appellant
Appellate Court
Appellee
Arbitration
Assault
Assignment
Assumption of Duty
Assumption of Risk
Attestation
Award
Battery
Best Evidence Rule
Boilerplate
BOME
Bona Fide
Borrowed Servant
Breach of Contract
Briefs
Captain-of-the-Ship Doctrine
Causation
Cause of Action
CCU
CDC
Certification
Certiorari
CFR
Charge
Charitable Immunity
Civil Law
Claim
COBRA
Common Law
Comparative Negligence
Compensatory Damages
Complaint
CON
Confidential Communication
Consent
Contingent Fee
Contributory Negligence
Conversion
Coroner's Jury
Corporate Practice of Medicine
CPT Code
Criminal Law
CRNA
Cross-Examination
Damages
Declaratory Judgment
De Facto
Defamation
Defendant
Defense
De Jure
Depositions
Dicta
Directed Verdict
Discovery
Discovery Rule
DHHS
Doe or Roe, Roe v. Wade
DOJ
Donee
Donor
DRG
Due Care
Due Process - Procedural Due Process, Substantive Due Process
Durable Power of Attorney
ELISA
Emancipated Minor
Equity
Evidentiary Standards
Exculpatory
Execute
Expert Witness
Express
FDA
Federal Question
Federal Register
Federal Register
Felony
Fiduciary Duty
First Impression
Forensic
Foreseeability
Fraudulent Concealment
Fungible
Good Faith
Good Samaritan Laws
Guardian
Habeas Corpus
HBV
HCFA
Hearsay Rule
Health Care Practitioner
Health Care Provider
HEPA
HMO
Iatrogenic Injury
Immunity
Incident Reports
Indemnity
Independent Contractors
Indictment
Informed Consent
Injunction
In Loco Parentis
Intentional
Intentional Infliction of
Mental Distress
Interrogatory
IRB
IVDU
JNOV
Joint and Several Liability
Joint Commission
Judgment
Jurisdiction
Laches
Learned Intermediary
Liability
Libel
Litigation
Living Wills
MCO
Malpractice
Mandamus
Mediation
Medicare
Medicaid
Misdemeanor
MSAFP
MSDS
National Practitioner
Data Bank
Negligence
Negligence Per Se
Nonfeasance
Notary Public
Notice
Nuncupative Will
OIG
Opinion
Ordinance
Original Petition
OSHA
OSHA 300 Log
Parens Patria
Parol Evidence
Party
Patient Dumping
Peer Review
Per Curiam
Perjury
Nonphysician practitioners
Plaintiff
Pleadings
Police Power
Prima Facie
Privilege
Privileges
Probate
Production
Products Liability
Punitive Damages
Reasonable-Person Standard
Rebuttal
Regulation
Regulatory Agency
Reliance
Remand
Remedies
Remittitur
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Res Judicata
Respondeat Superior
Respondent
Restraining Order
RICO
Safe Harbor Regulations
Self-Referral
Service of Process
Slander
SSI
Standing
Stare Decisis
Statute of Frauds
Statute of Limitation
STD
Stipulate
Strict Liability
Subpoena
subpoena ad testificandum, subpoena duces tecum
Suit
Summary Judgment
Survivor Action
Survivorship Clause
Testimony
"Thin Skull Rule"
Third Party
Third-Party Liability
Toll
Tort
Tortfeasor
Uniform Act
USCA
Utilization Review
Vacate
Verdict
Vicarious Liability
Waiver
Ward
Work Product
Written Authorization
Wrongful Birth
Wrongful Death
Wrongful Life