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Legal and Ethics
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| Word | Definition/Notes |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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london12
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