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| ?? | <3 |
|---|---|
| patients rights | patients bill of rights |
| all personnel must | respect and honor these rights |
| long term care facilities post | residents bill of rights |
| Advance Directives for HC aka | legal directives |
| DNR | no cpr |
| 2 main directives | Living Wills, Durable power of attorney |
| must be signed by the pt/POA and | 1-2 witnesses |
| signed when pt is complete & witnessed by individual | individual who cant benefit |
| they want or do not want in the event that they | become incapable and unable to express their wishes |
| POA | power of attorney |
| provieds standard of | conduct |
| many ethical delimas b/c | medical advancmentrs |
| professionals have___ code of ethics to career | specific |
| def or char | false statments about person that can damage rep |
| slander | spoken |
| libel | written |
| false imprisonment | restraning a person from freedom |
| abuse | physcal harm or pain |
| contracts | agreement between 2 or more people |
| implied | understood w/o verbaly expressed clear terms |
| no english | must have interprator |
| informed consent | permission given after risks explianed |