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Malpractice
Terms related to medical laws.
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| catchment area | provide comprehensive mental health services for all residents within a certain geographical area |
| Deinstitutionalization | The release of large numbers on mentally ill persons into the community |
| demonical exorcism | religious ceremonies in which the patients were physically punished to drive away the evil possessing spirits |
| electroconvulsive therapy | Passing electricity through the patient's head |
| health-illness continuum | Behaviors relating to health exist over a broad spectrum |
| humoral theory of disease | (blank) |
| lobotomy | Severs the frontal loves of the brain from the thalamus |
| lunacy | disorder caused by a lunar body |
| mental health | ability to cope with and adjust to the recurrent stresses of living in an acceptable way |
| mental illness (disorder) | Disturbance in one's ability to cope effectively |
| psychotherapeutic drugs | chemicals that effect the mind |
| advocacy | critical concept of case management providing the client with the info to make certain decisions |
| case management | Holistic system of interventions designed to support the transition of mentally ill clients into the community |
| Community mental health centers | CMHC - includes crisis intervention, individual and family counseling, and mental health education |
| community support systems model | (CSS) views individuals with basic himan needs, ambitions, and rights--Create a support system that fosters individual growth and movement towards independence throught the use of coordinated services |
| consultation | Process in which the assistance of a specialist is sought to help to identigy ways in which to cope effectively with client problems |
| crisis intervention | short-term, active therapy that focuses on solving the immediate problem and restoring the client's previous level of functioning |
| Health maintenance organizations (HMO) | deliver health care to enrolled clients who pay a fixed, prenegotiated price |
| holoistic concept of care | help clients develop strategies to achieve harmony within themselves and with others, nature and the world |
| homelessness | lack of a regular and adequate nighttime dwelling |
| inpatient psychiatric care | remain in institute for 24 hours a day - depends on illness, level of dysfunction, level of client cooperation, clients ability to pay |
| involuntary admission | process of institutionalization initiated by someone other than the client |
| multidisciplinary mental health care team | Team approach to treating mental illness to provide effective client care |
| outpatient mental health care | a facility that provides services to people with mental problems within their home environments |
| preferred provider organizations (PPO) | established to help curtail the rapidly growing increases in health care costs |
| psychosocial rehabilitation | Services to help clients learn the skills needed to carry out activities of daily living |
| recidivism | relapse of a symptom, disease, or behavior |
| resource linkage | process of matching clients needs with the most appropriate community services |
| therapeutic environment | based on concept that every interaction within the client's environment had therapuetic potential |
| Third party payments | medical costs were covered by a "third-party"--insurance co, or state or federal government |
| voluntary admission | clients originates the request for mental health services |
| belief | conviction that is intellectually accepted as true, whether it is based in fact |
| value | something that is held dear, a feeling about the worth of an item, idea, or behavior |
| morals | reflect on'e attitudes, beliefs, and values and define right or wrong behavior |
| values clarification | Step-by-step process that encourages one to identify significant values |
| Right | descibed as a power, privilege, or existence to which one has a just claim |
| 1972 Patient's Bill of Rights | states all clients have the rights to respectful care, privacy, confidentiality, continuity of care, and relevent info. Addresses clients' rights to examine their bills, refuse tx and participate in research |
| Ethics | set of rules or values that govern right behavior |
| Autonomy | right of people to act for themselves and make personal choices, including refusal of tx |
| informed consent | promotes client autonomy by providing relevant info and choice for the client |
| Beneficence | actively do good |
| nonmaleficence | Do no harm |
| Confidentiality | duty to respect private info |
| Fidelity | obligation to keep your word |
| veracity | duty to tell the truth |
| Justice | Implies that all clients are treated equally, fairly, and respectfully |
| Ethical dilemmas | exist when there is uncertainty or disagreement about the moral principles that endorse different courses of action |
| Laws | are the controls by which a society governs itself |
| Criminal law | division of public law that is of importance to caregivers |
| Felonies | serious crimes, punishable by death or imprisonment |
| Misdemeanors | Less serious - fines to imprisonment less that one year |
| Civil law | private law |
| Contract law | deals with agreements between individuals or institutions--written or implied |
| Tort law | relates in individuals rights and includes the need to compensate a person for a wrong |
| Professional (nurse) practice acts | defines the limits and scope of nursing practive through a series of regulations |
| Standards of practice | (blank) |
| involuntary commitments | admissions that occur against a client's will |
| controlled substances | narcs, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and some tranquilizers |
| Fraud | giving of false info with the knowlegde that action will be taken based on the info |
| Defamation | false communication that results in harm |
| libel | written defamation |
| slander | verbal defamation |
| assault | threatens a client |
| battery | touching occurs without the clients permission |
| invasion of privacy | occurs when a client's space, body or belongings are violated |
| false imprisonment | detaining a competent person against his or her will |
| negligence | omission of an act that a resonable and prudent person would (or would not) do |
| malpractice | applies to professionals and is defined as a failure to exercise and accepted degree of professional skill that results in injury, loss, or damage |
| elopement | a client runs away from the institution |
| duty to warn | duty to protect potential victims from possible harm by a client |
| reasonable and prudent care provider | law judges professional actions by asking |
| Rice | biological term that describes a group of individuals who share physical characteristics that are distinct. |
| Ethnicity | social term associated with the socialization patterns, customs, and cultural habits of a particular group |
| Culture | total way of life |
| spirituality | belief in power greater than any human being |
| religion | relates to a defined, organized, and practiced system of worship |
| Norms | established rules of conduct that define which behaviors are encouraged, accepted, tolerated, and forbidden within culture |
| role | expected pattern of behaviors associated with a certain position, status, or gender |
| stereotype | oversimplified mental picture of a cultural group |
| prejudice | extreme form of negative stereotyping |
| disease | condition in which a physical dysfunction exists |
| illness | state of social, emotional, intellectual dysfunction |
| territoriality | need to gain contril over an area of space and claim it for oneself |
| nuclear family | unit consisting of a father, mother, and one or more child |
| extended family | aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, or godparents |
| gender roles | expected behavioral patterns based on sex |
| cultural competence | seeks to deliver appropriate client care based on a knowledge of the clients culture |
| refugee | person who, because of war or persecution, flees from his or her home or country and seeks refuge elsewhere |
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