Legal & Ethics Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What are the 2 kinds of laws in HC? | Civil and Criminal |
What is Civil laws? | Legal relationships between people -- protects rights. |
What is Criminal laws? | Dealing with wrongs against society, person, property. |
Most medical cases deal with what law? | CIVIL |
What is a tort? | A wrongful act NOT involving a contract -- can be open to different legal interpretations. |
When do torts occur? | Torts occur when a patient is harmed/injured because a HCW doesn't meet/provide the expected standard of care. |
What is malpractice? | "Bad practice" the failure to use the degree of skill (professional) expected, resulting in injury. |
What is negligence? | Failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in injury. |
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