Legal Medicine, Ethics and Medical Jurisprudence Samplex Part 1

During an epidemic or national emergencies the following may be given limited and special authorization by the Secretary of Health to practice medicine except: 

A physician-patient relationship is seen in which of the following circumstances: 

In the classical classification of mental deficiency, an imbecile has an IQ of: 

A 23 y/o male suffered several injuries due to a vehicular accident, The color of his contusions should appear _____ after 45 days: 

Mr. P, who works as a professional tennis player was assaulted by one of his opponents after he beat the latter in a tournament. Due to the assault he was confined for one week and he became blind in one eye. The penalty for such injury is: 

Doctor L, was charged by the relatives of a former patient before the Public Prosecutor’s office with Homicide resulting from Gross Negligence and Reckless Imprudence, He is most likely being charged with: 

Burking is classified as what type of asphyxia: 

Uranism is a form of sexual perversion where a man gains sexual gratification by: 

The following statements are true regarding the characteristics of a gunshot wound entrance except: 

Once you have passed the Physician licensure exam, the following are considered as your inherent rights as a physician except: 

Doctor X feels that his patient is being uncooperative and difficult while his patient feels that Doctor X is unsympathetic. This type of psychological pattern of MD-patient relationship is an example of: 

Doctor G, who is a resident physician in a government hospital always asks patients in need of a CT scan to go and have it done in a certain diagnostic clinic outside of the hospital because he claims that it is cheaper and results are faster. But in truth he is just after the monetary fee being given to him by the owner of the said diagnostic clinic who is also a physician. This type of medical fee is called: 

This person who comes within the premises of the hospital, who has no contractual relations with the hospital and is within the hospital premises for his own interest or convenience is termed as a: 

Patient A had a hysterectomy due to a uterine tumor, however during the procedure her ureter was unintentionally cut by Doctor B. She wants to file a case for gross negligence against Doctor B. What is the degree of proof/evidence needed to convict Doctor B of a crime? 

There are several rules used by the court to determine whether an accused is exempt from criminal liability, One such rule states that the accused is not criminally responsible if his act was the product of a mental disease or mental defect. This rule is known as: 

Doctor C, a balikbayan physician can be allowed to practice medicine in the Philippines provided that _____ except: 

Mr. X, a patient with ESRD is scheduled for a kidney transplant, he will receive a kidney from a living unrelated human donor. This kind of transplant is called: 

Autoptic or real evidence is defined as evidence which is: 

Mr. P went home and caught his daughter who is just 16 y/o committing sexual intercourse with a 25 y/o man at their house, as a result of his rage he assaulted them both and inflicted serious physical injuries on both the seducer and his daughter. The seducer brought the case to court. Under the law Mr. P may be given the following punishment: 

Ms. H was allegedly found hanging in her condo unit by her boyfriend. As a medico-legal officer you wanted to determine if this was indeed a suicide by hanging or a homicide by strangulation with ligature. Which of the following findings would show that the cause of death was by hanging?