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Law and Ethics
Chapter 1-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mental incapacity | condition in which a person lacks reasoning faculties to understand ordinary concerns or to act compenetly |
| Negligence | Failure to act with reasonable and prudent care |
| Litigious | Prone to engage in lawsuits |
| Agent | Someone who has authority to act for another under specific conditions |
| Layperson | One who does not have training in a specific profession |
| Respondeat superior | Employer is vicariously liable for the behavior of an employee working within his or her scope of employment. |
| Appeal | Transfer of a case decided in a lower caourt to a higher court to obtain a new hearing on matter's of the law. |
| Mediation | Neutral party hears two opposing parties with the intent of persuading them to settle their dispute. |
| Negotiation | Exchange and consideration of offers until parties agree on a solution that is acceptable to both. |
| Burden of Proof | Necessity of giving convincing legal proof of any facts in a dispute |
| Bench Trial | Trial serves without Jury and Judge rules on law |
| Manslaughter | Unpremeditated taking of human life |
| Larceny | Stealing or removing someone's personal property to convert it illegally or deprive the pwner of it's possession. Is a Felony. |
| Fiduciary | Holding or held in trust |
| Euthanasia | Intentional action or lack of action causing the merciful death of someone suffering from a terminal illness or incurable condition. |
| Murder | Act done with intent to kill victim |
| Emancipated Minor | under the age of 18 who is completely self-supporting |
| Warranty | Promise that certain facts are truly represented |
| Indigent | Lacking sufficient means to support oneself or anyone for whom responsible. |
| Abandon | Give up or cease doing |
| Conservator | Court appointed person give authority the manage the financial affairs of an incompetent person |
| NonVerbal Communication | Communicating with someone using body language |
| Malfunction | Defective performance of a product |
| Statue of limitations | Law setting a time limit within which one person can use another |
| Empathy | to show feelings for another at a deeper level than just understanding |
| Comprehensive | covering completely or broadly; inclusive |
| Shares | Units of stock giving the possessor part ownership in a corporation |
| Venue | Particular county or geographic area where a court may try a case |
| Quality assurance | Responsibility to uphold the quality of care of patients in treatment situations. |
| Capitation | Payment in lump sum, to Physicans, HMO's and Health care facilities to deliver healthcare to segment of the popluation |
| Investment | Expenditure of capital to secure income or profit |
| Risk Management | Minimizing the danger or hazard |
| Stockholders | those who hold an interest(stock) in a corporation |
| Assets | Personal belongings and property owned by a person or, if he or she dies. |
| Levy | to raise or execute a tax |
| Retirement Benefits | Benefits paid to an employee for a prior term of service after he or she discontinues work for that employer |
| Subpoena | Command to appear at a specified time and place to testify |
| Immoral | Not moral |
| Etiquette | Prescribed code of courteous social behavior |
| Ethics | Study of Moral choices that confirm to professional standards of conduct |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| Anencephalic | a child born without a brain stem |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency virus; Causes AIDS |
| DNA | Essential component of all living matter and the basic chromosomal material transmitting the hereditary pattern |
| Chemotherapy | Chemical treatment of disease |
| Genetic | Resulting from genes or attributable to them |
| Commitment | Process by which a person is entrusted to a mental Health facility or Penal Institution. |
| Autograft | transplanting of a person's own tissue from one part of the body to another; or transplants between identical twins |
| Paternalism | Providing for people's needs but giving them no responsibility or control over their destiny |
| Living Will | When you request to die natural instead of being kept alive artificially |
| Dementia | Severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity or personality integration. |
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First Institute
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