Legal Terms
A synonym for wrong doing, "wrongful act"
What is a tort?
To harm the reputation of someone or something.
What is defamation?
A healthcare worker refused to treat a patient because of their religion.
What is discrimination?
Misbehavior or less serious crime
What is misdemeanor?
Titles cannot be borrowed, loaned, or assumed.
What is legal?
The type of law involves acts against society as a whole
What is Criminal Law?
Threat or attempt to contact the body of another person without actually doing so and without consent.
What is assault?
A healthcare worker tells another person false information about a patient.
What is slander?
This act is unlawful if done after the 2nd Trimester or by anyone other than a licensed MD.
What is abortion?
Be loyal to your employer, coworkers, and patients.
What is ethical?
A term that covers all information given to a health professional by a patient.
What is privileged communication?
What is negligence?
A healthcare worker performs a procedure on a patient after the patient refuses to give permission.
What is battery?
Serious crime punishable by law with penalties ranging from imprisonment to death.
What is felony?
Follow the laws as constituted by your government, or you could lose your license or employment.
What is legal?
Laws of a state that exempt from liability for damages persons in good faith who give emergency care to an injured person at the scene of an accident
What is the Good Samaritan Act?
The health care worker and patient relationship is terminated without making arrangements with an appropriate person so care can be continued.
What is abandonment?
If a healthcare worker sends information to an insurance company without the patient's written consent.
What is an invasion of privacy?
This is a type of criminal law that includes abortion, mercy killing, and homicide.
What is unlawful death?
Consider the client's needs more important than your own.
What is ethical?
Legal concept that means that an aspect of care that was omitted directly caused a patient's injury or death.
What is proximate cause?
Legal duty to provide care within the scope of practice.
What is Duty to Act?
Name the 3 criteria that must be met for a negligent act to occur.
1. Must be a breach of contract
2. Cause actual injury or death
3. Be reasonably foreseeable
What law makes possession illegal, regulates manufacture and dispensing, and allows only certain professionals to prescribe?
Recognize the limits of our role and knowledge.
What is ethical?