law/ethics medical terminology
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| A person accused of a tort/crime who is required answer in a legal action or suit | Defendant
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| The expectation that an individual may be called to account for actions taken which were consistent with the responsibilities for which they contracted by virtue of employment/learner experience | Accountability
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| The occarance speaks for itself | Ioquitur
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| Being unqualified/inadequate to perform a duty/duties | Incompetence
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| A person having special training/experience who assists a judge/jury in their decision-making process | Expert witness
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| The carrying out of physically-threatened harm | Battery
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| One who commences a legal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his/her rights; the complaining party | Plaintiff
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| A spoken defamation of character; an untruthful oral statement about a person that subjects that person to ridicule or contempt | Slander
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| A legal process charging a party with a wrong done or a crime committed | Complaint
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| Improper,careless,or ignorant treatment; an act of negligence as applied to a professional person such as a physician,nurse, or dentist | Malpractice
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| To be legally bound, as to make good any loss or damage that occurs in a transaction; to be answerable; to be responsible | Liable
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| A wrong that violates a person's right to be free from unauthorized intrusion | Invasion of privacy
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| A statement made to a lawyer,physician,or clergyman in confidence and is implicitly understood that it shall remain a secret | Confidential communication
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| The degree of negligence in which each of the parties may be shown to have been responsible for the injury complained of | Neglegence
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| An illegal act against society | Crime
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| The supervisor,instructor,or physician is absent while the ST is performing their responsibilities or they are not near enough to the tech to give assistance | Lack of proper supervision
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| Wrongs of slander and libel | Defamation
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| Confidence and satisfaction in oneself | Self-esteem
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| A serious crime punishable by law with penalties ranging from imprisionment to death | Felony
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| Customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group | Culture
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| A lawsuit | Litigation
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| Unlawful threat to harm another physically | Assault
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| Personal, subjective responses to a person or situation | Feelings
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| Emotion marked by dread,apprehension or alarm | Fear
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| Physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension | Stress
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| Mental position, feeling, or emotion toward a fact or state | attitude
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| Putting oneself in another's position; participating in another's feelings or ideas | Empathy
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| Gestures, mannerisms, body movements, bearing, and physical appearance of an individual which communicates information and attitudes to the reciever | Body language
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| Receiving, processing, and evaluating sounds | Listening
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| 1 that belongs to the same group in society, determined by age,grade or status | Peer
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| Process by which info is exchanged between individuals thru a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior | Communication
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| During surgery | Intaoperative
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| Before surgery | Preoperative
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| To prevent the occurance of a disease or illness | Prophylactic
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| Occurs immediately before,during,& after surgery | Perioperactive
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| To determine the nature and cause of illness | Diagnostic
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| To put on | Don
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| Branch of medicine dealing w/manual & operative procedures to correct deformaties/defects, & to repair injury,& to diagnose/cure disease | Surgery
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| All personnel that contribute to the care of pts, whether directly or indirectly | Health care team
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| To relieve or alliviate symptoms, w/o curing the underlying cause of illness | Pallitive
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| a member of the surgical team who supplies the needs of the scrub team | Circulator
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| Surgical care performed under various types of anethesia w/o overnight hospitalization | Ambulatory surgery
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| To regain the pts health & strength so that the pt may resume normal daily activities | Restorative
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| member of the surgical team who scrubs their hands & arms/dons sterile gloves & gown; responsible for sterile supplies & equipment w/in the sterile field | Scrub person
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| Specially trained physicain who provides anesthesia to surgical patients | Anesthesiologist
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