law/ethics vocab
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| Duty of care | legal obligation of a healthcare professional to take reasonable care of a patient to avoid causing harm
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| negligence | failure to take care in doing something resulting in injury to the patient
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| battery | unlawful touching of another person without consent
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| advance directive | written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions; also called a living will
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| DNR | a type of advance directive that instructs medical professionals not to perform cpr if a persons heartbeat or breathing stops.
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| durable power of attorney | a legal document that grants another person to the authority to make legal decisions for you
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| defamination | the action of damaging the good reputation of someone
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| slander | saying something that damages someone's good name or reputation
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| libel | damaging someone's good reputation or name in writing
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| standard of care | reasonable and prudent care that a practitioner of similar qualifications would have to perform in the same or similar situation
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| statute of limitations | 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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| hippa | an act approved by the us congress in 1996 includes privacy laws for patient health records
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| confidentiality | the practice of allowing only certain individuals the right to accesses information; ensures that others do not obtain the personal information of patients
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| imformed consent | form given to a patient by a doctor explaining the benefit and risk of a procedure
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| medical ethics | standards concerned with whether a healthcare workers actions are right or wrong
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| medical law | standards concerned with whether a healthcare workers actions are leagle or illegal
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| values | the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you livve
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