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Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues

TermDefinition
Assault Unlawfully, placing a patient in fear of bodily harm
Abandonment Unilateral termination of care
Advanced directive Written document that specifies treatment
Battery Touching without consent
Certification Process that recognizes that a person has met set standards
Consent Granted permission
Competent Able to make decisions
Duty to act Legal responsibility to provide care
Expressed consent Specific authorization to provide care expressed by the patient
Forcible restraint Confining a person from mental or physical action
Implied consent Legal assumption that treatment was desired
Medicolegal Relating to law or forensic medicine
Negligence Failure to provide standard of care
Standard of care Acceptable level of care consistent with training
Breach of duty Did not provide standard of care
Gross negligence Duty to act, breach of duty, causation
Causation Proof you did it
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