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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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