The Family of a Patient Sues for Wrongful Death When

question 16

Multiple Choice

The family of a patient sues for wrongful death when the patient's death was judged to have been due to the negligence of the health care practitioners. What might the family collect from a settlement of this case?

• A) an award to punish the health care provider
• B) an award totaling one year of earnings of the deceased
• C) an award covering medical costs for the patient
• D) an award providing health care for the family
• E) an award for the loss to the patient's estate for future earnings

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Definitions:

Oedipal Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory describing a child's feelings of desire for their opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards their same-sex parent.

Castration Anxiety

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's fear of losing their genitalia, believed to play a role in the development of certain complexes and behaviors.

Behaviourism

A psychological approach to understanding abnormal behaviour devised by John B. Watson (1858–1935), which declared that psychology must be restricted to the study of observable features, that is, the behaviour of organisms. Watson considered abnormal functioning to be learned and so believed it could be unlearned. His model for learning was derived from Ivan Pavlov’s (1849–1936) studies of classical conditioning.