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MackeyHIT2Ethics

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Living Will   Allows a person to state in advance whether to receive treatment and what treatment to withhold if the person is terminally ill or permanently unconscious  
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Durable Power or Attorney   Allows another person to make decisions if the person is unable to make them.  
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Advance Directive   Takes effect only when a patient loses the ability to make his or her own decisions.  
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Legal Directive   Legal documents that allow patients to express their wishes about their care and treatment.  
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Ombudsmen   Social worker, nurse or trained volunteer who makes certain that the patient is not abused and that the person’s rights are secure.  
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Consent   Permission granted by a person voluntarily and in sound mind.  
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Conduct   Behavior or a person’s actions.  
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Licensure   Authorization by the state to perform the functions of an occupation for which educational and examination standards are specified; legal permission to practice.  
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Privileged communication   Personal or private information relating to the care given by health care personnel.  
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Ethics   Rules of conduct of a given profession; standard of behavior developed as a result of your morale value.  
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Confidential   Private, restricted, secret  
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Privacy   The right of the individual to be let alone.  
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Confidentiality   The responsibility for limiting disclosure of private matters.  
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Security   To control access & protect info from accidental or intentional disclosure.  
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Fraud   Dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving, or attempting to deprive, another of his or her rights.  
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Retrospective Documentation   Those where healthcare providers add documentation, after care has been given, for the purpose of increasing reimbursement or avoiding suspension from the medical staff.  
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Bioethics   A discipline dealing with the ethical implications of biological research methods and results, especially medicine.  
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Litigious   Prone to engage in lawsuits.  
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Hippocratic Oath   A pledge for physicians, developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates circa 400 B.C.  
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Bioethicist   Specialist who consult with physicians and others to help with difficult ethical decisions.  
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Etiquette   Standards of behavior considered good manners among members of a profession as they function as individuals in society.  
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Summary Judgment   A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is not basis for a trial.  
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Protocol   Rules of etiquette that apply to one’s place of employment/business.  
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Precedent   A case that serves as a model for future cases.  
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Liable   Legally responsible.  
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Plaintiff   The person bringing the suit.  
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Defendant   The person against whom the suit is brought.  
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