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Legal and Ethics
Review
Word | Definition/Notes |
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civil law | legal relationships between people, protects rights |
criminal law | dealing with wrongs against a person, property, or society |
tort | a wrongful act not involving a contract |
malpractice | the failure to use the degree of skill expected, resulting in injury - bad practice |
ex of malpractice | MD not giving tetanus shot when pt. comes in w/ puncture wd. |
negligence | failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in injury |
ex of a tort | practicing w/out license, misuse narcotics, theft, murder |
ex of negligence | falls and injuries occur when siderails are left down |
assault | a threat or attempt to injure |
battery | the unlawful touching of another person w/out consent |
invasion of privacy | unnecessary exposure or revealing info w/out pt consent |
informed consent | permission granted voluntarily after the procedure and all risks are explained |
false imprisonment | restraining an individual or restricting their freedom |
types of abuse | physical, mental, verbal, sexual |
abuse | care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish |
defamation of character | false statement about a person that may damage their reputation, could occur in error |
slander | spoken information |
libel | written information |
contract | agreement between two or more parties |
three parts of a contract | offer, acceptance, consideration |
implied | understood without being verbally expressed |
expressed | stated in clear terms either orally or written |
ex of legal disablities | minor, mentally incompetent, unconscious ppl, under influence of drugs that alter mental state |
principle | employer |
agent | employee |
principles responsibility | actions of agent; can be required to compensate injuries by actions of agent |
breach of contract | leads to legal action |
privilaged communications | all info given to health care workers by a patient; only shared with members of hc team |
info must be reported | births, deaths, abuse, std's, and contagious illnesses |
errors | single line, initials, date |
computers in health care | difficult to maintain confedentiality; many ppl haev access to computerized records |
safegaurds | limiting access, use of codes to access certain info, passwords, monitoring use |
a legal document in court | health records |