Legal implications vocabulary
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| Tort | is defined as any number of actions done by one person or group of persons that caure injury to another. May be intentional or negligent
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| Negligence | is the failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, when that failure results in an unintended injury to a patient. Simply put, negligence is carlessness, which is often caused by hurrying or not facusing on task
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| Assualt | means intentionally attempting to touch the body of a person or even threatening to do so
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| Battery | means actually touching a person without that person's permission
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| Informed Consent | means the patient must know and agree to what is going to be done prior to performing any proceudure
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| Abuse | is any act or failure to act that is non-accidental and causes or could cause harm or death to the patient Some forms of abuse are subtle but nevertheless cause the patient physical harm or mental anquish
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| Coercion | means forcing the patient to do something against his or her wishes
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