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law/ethics vocab

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show legal obligation of a healthcare professional to take reasonable care of a patient to avoid causing harm  
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show failure to take care in doing something resulting in injury to the patient  
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show unlawful touching of another person without consent  
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advance directive   show
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DNR   show
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durable power of attorney   show
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show the action of damaging the good reputation of someone  
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slander   show
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show damaging someone's good reputation or name in writing  
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show reasonable and prudent care that a practitioner of similar qualifications would have to perform in the same or similar situation  
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show the amount of time during which any legal action may be taken; after such time a lawsuit may not be filled  
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show an act approved by the us congress in 1996 includes privacy laws for patient health records  
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confidentiality   show
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show form given to a patient by a doctor explaining the benefit and risk of a procedure  
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medical ethics   show
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show standards concerned with whether a healthcare workers actions are leagle or illegal  
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show the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you livve  
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