Health Science 1 Chapter 5 Study Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 criminal law | focuses on behaviors known as crime, deals with wrongs against a person, property, or society |
| civil law | focuses on the legal relationships between people and the protection of a person's rights |
| tort | a wrongful act that does not involve a contract |
| malpractice | proffesional negligence, the faliure of a professional to use the degree of skill and learning commonly expected in that individuals profession, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the person reaceiving help |
| negligence | a failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position |
| assault | threat or attempt to injure |
| battery | unlawful touching of another person without consent |
| informed consent | permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after the procedure and all risks have been explained in terms the person can understand |
| invasion of privacy | unnecessary exposing an individual or revealing personal info about the person without their consent |
| false imprisonment | restraining an individual or restricting an individuals freedom |
| abuse | any care that results in physical pain, harm, or mental anguish |
| defamation | occurs when false staements either cause a person to be ridiculed or damage the persons reputation |
| slander | spoken defamation |
| libel | written defamation |
| contract | an agreement between two or more parties. |
| implied contracts | obligatins that are understood without verbally expressed terms |
| expressed contracts | stated in distinct and clear language, either orally or in writting |
| legal disability | condition in which a person does not have the legal capacity and is theeform unable to enter into a legal agreement |
| HIPAA | federal standards that provide for the privacy of health information in all states |
| ethics | set of principles relation to what is morally right or wrong |
| confidentiality | information about the patient MUST remain private and can be shared ONLY with other members of the patient's health care team |
| patients rights | factors of care that patients can expect to recieve |
| Residents Bill of Rights | rights guaranteeded to all residents in long-term care facilities |
| advance directives | legal documents that allow individuals to state what medical treatment they want or do not want in the event that they become incapacitated and are unable to express their wishes regarding medical care |
| living wills | documents that allows individuals to state what measures should be taken to prolong their lives if they have a terminal condition |
| Durable Power of Attorney (POA) | document that permits and individual to appoint another person to make any decisions regarding health care if the principal should become unable to make decisions |
| Patients Self-Determination Act | federal law that mandates health care facilities receiving any type of federal aid comply with a list of requirements |
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