Basics
In most states, adult is defined as someone 18 years of age or older
What is Adult?
Occurs when one of the parties involved in a contract fails to fulfill their part of the agreed-upon obligations
What is Breach of Contract?
The legal term for holding someone against their will or restraining a person’s freedom of movement without proper legal authority or legal justification
What is False imprisonment?
Professional negligence or misconduct by a healthcare provider that leads to injury, harm, or damage to a patient
What is malpractice?
The ethical principle that demands fairness, equity, and impartiality in the distribution of healthcare resources and treatments
What is Situations?
Someone who has the authority to represent another person
Standards of principles or fundamental truths developed by a society or profession to guide decisions about right and wrong behavior and professional conduct
What is Codes of ethics?
A deliberate deception or misrepresentation intended to result in unauthorized benefit or unlawful gain
What is Fraud?
Another term for euthanasia, referring to the act of painlessly ending the life of an individual suffering from an incurable and painful disease or medical condition
What is mercy killing?
Medical treatments or diagnostic tests that involve entering the body, typically by penetrating the skin or inserting an instrument into a body cavity, requiring formal informed consent
What is Invasive Procedures?
Touching a patient or performing a procedure without their permission can result in being charged with the crime of battery, the unauthorized touching of another person
What is Battery?
Designates a specific person to act on the patient’s behalf if the patient becomes unable to make the decisions
What is Durable power of attorney for health care?
An agreement created by the actions, conduct, or circumstances of the parties involved, rather than by explicit spoken or written words
What is Implied Contracts?
The failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances, resulting in unintentional injury or harm to another
What is Negeligence?
An agreement created through explicit spoken or written words detailing the specific terms agreed upon by the parties
What is Express contract?
When a patient feels threatened about receiving unwanted treatment, including any threatened or implied act, regardless of whether it is carried out or if the word is used in non-violent physical context
What is Assult?
An emancipated minor is an individual under the age of 18 who has legally established independence from their parents or guardians
What is Emancipated minors?
A voluntary agreement given by a patient to undergo a specific medical intervention, procedure, or treatment after receiving a full explanation of the relevant facts, potential risks, expected benefits, and available alternatives
What is Informed consent?
Established rules, guidelines, or standardized procedures designed to guide actions and conduct in clinical, ethical, or legal healthcare situations
What is protocols?
Permission given directly, either in writing or orally, after the patient has been informed of the nature, risks, and benefits of a proposed procedure or treatment.
What is Express Consent?
These are written instructions that outline individuals’ desires regarding care should they become unable, as the result of illness or injury, to make these decisions
What is Advance directives?
Performing an action that results in the painless death of a person suffering from an incurable, painful, or distressing disease or condition; often referred to as mercy killing
What is Euthanasia?
Medical treatments or diagnostic tests that involve entering the body, typically by penetrating the skin or inserting an instrument into a body cavity, requiring formal informed consent
What is Invasive Procedures?
A legal doctrine holding an employer or principal legally responsible for the wrongful acts or negligence of an employee or agent committed within the scope of their employment
What is Respondeat Superior?
A complex situation where a person must choose between two or more conflicting moral imperatives, none of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable
What is Ethical dilemma?