patient rights
The right of a patient to make their own healthcare decisions.
What is autonomy?
Failure to give proper care that results in harm.
What is negligence?
The law that protects patient health information.
What is HIPAA?
Tasks a healthcare worker is legally allowed to perform.
What is the scope of practice?
Doing good for the patients.
What is beneficence?
Permission given by a patient after understanding risks and benefits.
What is informed consent?
Doing something without permission that cause harm or offense.
What is assault?
What is confidentiality?
Performing a task outside your training can lead to this.
What is a lawsuit?
Do no harm
What is nonmaleficence?
A patient has the right to see and get copies of this.
What are medical records?
Touching a patient without consent.
What is battery?
Information that identifies a patient is called this.
What is PHI (protected health information)?
Laws that regulate healthcare workers are made by this level of government.
What is the state government?
Respecting patient privacy
What is confidentiality?
Treating all patients fairly and equally.
What is justice?
Written false statement that harms a reputation.
What is libel?
Breaking conifidentiality may result in this.
What are legal consequences?
Working under the direction of a licensed provider is called this.
What is supervision?
When two moral principles conflict.
What is an ethical dilemma?
The right to refuse this, even if doctors recommend it.
What is treatment?
Spoken false statement that harms a reputation.
What is slander?
Patient information can be shared only with this.
What is patient consent?
Doing something beyond your scope can be considered this.
What is malpractice?
A model that helps make fair choices in tough situations.
What is the decision- making model?