Patient Rights
Durable power of attorney for health care
What is a designated individual to act on someones behalf if they become unable to make healthcare decisions?
Adult
What is defined as someone 18 years of age or older?
Ethics
What is a system of principles a society develops to guide decisions about what is right and wrong?
Euthanasia
What is mercy killing?
Living will
What is a document that outlines an individual's wishes regarding the type and and extent of care to be given?
Confedentiality
What is the legal right to privacy?
Consent
What is permission?
Ethical dilemma
What is a situation in which there is no clear answer?
Fraud
What is a from of dishonesty that involves cheating or trickery?
Malpractice
What is the term for improper, illegal, or negligent professional activity or treatment?
Breach of contract
What is it called when a party fails to fulfill part of an agreement?
Contracts
What are formalized promises?
Justice
What is fairness?
False imprisonment
What can be charged if patients are held against their will, unless they are mentally incompetent or a danger to themselves?
Invasive procedures
What are procedures that involve punctures or incisions of the skin or insertion of the skin or insertion of instruments or foreign materials into the body?
Agent
Who is someone that has the authority to represent another person?
Damages
What is financial responsibility?
Legislation
What is the law?
Emancipated minors
Who are individuals younger than the age of 18 who are financially independent, married, in the military, or have been emancipated by a court?
Autonomy
What is self-determination?
Advance directives
What are written instructions that outline an individual's’ desires regarding care should they become unable, as the result of illness or injury, to make these decisions?
Discreet
What does it mean to be careful about what you say?
Battery
What is the unauthorized touching of another person?
Assault
What is any threatened or implied act, whether carried out or not?
Express contract
What type of contract is created when the parties discuss clearly and in detail what it is to take place and agree on specific terms and conditions?