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Review for Legal/Ethical

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What are the 2 types of civil law?   Torts & Contracts  
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What are the 3 parts of a contract?   offer, acceptance, & consideration  
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What is information that is shared within a protected relationship called?   Privileged Communication  
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Who are 3 groups of people considered legally disabled?   under age 18, unconscious/semi-conscious, & mentally incompetent  
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What term is used to describe when a person is harmed due to another person's actions?   Tort  
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What are the 2 types of contracts?   implied and expressed  
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What is a threat or attempt to injure?   assault  
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A person who is under the influence of drugs does not have the legal capacity to form a contract because he/she has a what?   legal disability  
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What term describes the fact that information about a patient must remain private?   confidentiality  
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What does the acronym PSDA stand for?   Patient Self-Determination Act  
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What should you do if you are a health care worked and you make a mistake?   report it to your supervisor  
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When can a health care worker accept a tip or a bribe?   Never  
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What term describes a standard code of conduct for health professionals?   Ethics or Code of Ethics  
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What is permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after the procedure has been explained in terms the person can understand?   Informed Consent  
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What kind of contract exists when a nurse is holding a thermometer and says "put this under your tongue" and the patient puts the termometr under his or her tongue?   Implied contract  
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What do the initials HIPAA stand for?   Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act  
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What patient's rights document applies to persons in long-term care facilities (nursing home)   Resident's Bill of Rights  
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A document that a person signs to indicate he/she does not want to be resuscitated when he/she stops breathing is called what?   Living will  
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Keeping someone in the hospital against their will could be an example of what?   False Imprisonment  
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Jane's father signs a document saying that Jane will make decisions for him once he is unable to make decisions is call what?   Healthcare Power of Attorney (Durable Power of Attorney)  
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What term describes when someone says something about another person that is not true and damages the victim's reputation   Slander  
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What term describes when failure to give care that is normally expected?   Negligence  
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What term describes when false statements cause a person to be ridiculed?   Defamation  
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What is a wrongful act that does not involve a contract and causes harm to another called?   Tort  
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