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Legal Aspects
Of Patient Care
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| autonomy | respect for others |
| ethics | morally right and wrong |
| scope of practice | level of care expected from training |
| Privacy Act of 1974 | protects records containing personal info |
| informed consent | patient understands and agrees |
| implied consent | patient not able to give permission |
| living will | direct treatment with patients wishes |
| durable POA | individual that makes decisions when patient cant |
| assault | intentional threat |
| battery | physical contact against will |
| negligence | conduct that falls below accepted standard care |
| malpractice | failure to use skill |
| NPDB | improve health care quality, protect public, reduce fraud |
| tort | act that causes injury |
| defamation | remarks about another person that aren't true |