irshan Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
assault | a threat or an attempt to injure another person in an illegal manner |
battery | unlawful touching of another person without consent with or with out injury |
Breach | breaking the law, an obligation, or the terms of contract |
civil law | defines the legal relationships between individuals |
common law | unwritten law, customs that may have authority or have been established by prior court dissension |
conduct | behavior or persons actions |
consent | permission granted by a person voluntarily in sound mind; written consent is most easily proved |
Crime | performing an act that is forbidden or omitting a duty required by public law making the offender liable for the action |
criminal law | defines the legal obligation between an individual and the state or society |
custom | an accepted behavior or common practice |
duty of care | by law health care workers must perform services in a manner |
ethics | standards of behavior and practice that are established by a professional organization for its member |
felony | a serious crime for which the penalty for imprisonment for more than one year |
ideal | standard of protection and excellence |
illegal restraint | holding or detaining against his or hers will |
invasion of privacy | unlawful making known to the public to the public any private or personal information without the consent of the wronged person |
liable | legally responsible for own actions |
libel | communicating something untruthful and harmful about another person in writing |
licensure | authorization by the state to perform the functions of an occupation for which educational and examination standards are specified |
litigation | a lawsuit or legal action |
malpractice | bad or harmful practice that injures a another person |
misdemeanors | crimes that are less serious than felonies and result in imprisonment for less than 1 year |
negligence | failure to perform duties in a reasonable and customary way |
privileged communication | personal or private information relating to the care given by health care personnel |
reasonable care | services given in a manner appropriate to the level of education and experience of the health care worker |
slander | verbally communicating something untruthful and harmful about another person |
statutory law | law established by the legislative branch of government that determines what is legal |
tort | civil wrong |
unethical | action that does not represent ideal behavior but may not be illegal |
value system | ideals and thought that determines what is considered worthwhile or meaningful, right or wrong |
Will | written document that allows a person to distribute property after death |
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