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PHS Unit 4
Legal & Ethical Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| HIPAA stands for? | Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act |
| HIPAA is regulates what? | Confidential information should not be disclosed (given) to anyone without paper authorization or permission. |
| Criminal law is? | Focuses on wrongs against a person, property or society. |
| Civil Law is? | Focuses on legal relationships between people and the protection of a person's rights. |
| Tort is? | A civil wrong; where a person's behavior has caused someone harm. |
| Negligence is? | Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position with resulting injury to another person (ex: Bath water too hot. |
| Malpractice is? | Failure of a professional to use the skill/learning normally expected in a particular profession resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the person receiving care; "professional negligence" (ex: Amputating the wrong limb). |
| Abuse is? | Any action that results in physical harm, pain or mental anguish. |
| An example of physical abuse is? | hitting, kicking |
| An example of verbal abuse is? | yelling, name calling |
| An example of psychological abuse is? | Threats/intimidation |
| Sexual abuse is? | Unwanted sexual touching |
| Assault is? | Any threat/attempt to injure another person. |
| Battery is? | Unlawful touching of another person without their permission (Ex: performing a procedure on a patient without their consent). |
| Invasion of privacy is? | Unnecessary exposure of an individual or revealing personal information about an individual without permission (Ex: not closing the door during a patient exam). |
| False imprisonment is? | Restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom |
| Defamation is? | Damaging a person's name/reputation by making statements that are false. |
| Slander is? | Spoken defamation |
| Libel is? | Written defamation. |
| Privileged information is? | Any/all information concerning patients should only be shared with the hospital employees who are caring for that patient. |
| Exemptions to privileged information are? | births/deaths, suspected abuse (injuries resulting in violence), drug abuse and infectious diseases. |
| Ethics is? | Set of principles dealing with what is morally right or wrong. |
| An advance directive is? | A patient's instructions, usually related to end-of-life issues regarding what medical treatment they want or do no want if they are unable to express their wishes. |
| A living will is? | Document allowing individuals to state what measures should or should not e used to prolong life if their condition is terminal. |
| A power of attorney is? | Document permitting another individual to appoint another person to make any decisions regarding health care if the patient is unable to make those decisions. |
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