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30 Cards in this Set
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Laws/ legal responsibilities formulated for protection of _____________
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Society
self employer patient/client |
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Civil law
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Legal relationships between people; protection of person's rights
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Criminal law
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wrongs against a person, property, society
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health care mainly affected by
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civil law
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criminal law can apply involving
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contracts/torts
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Criminal laws include
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Practicing without required license, Misuse of narcotics, theft, murder
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Must know an follow state laws, regulations
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failure to meet legal responsibilities, can result in legal action against you and your employer
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Torts
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wrongful acts not involving contracts
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malpractice
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professional negligence; failure to use degree of skill, learning expected; results in injury, loss, damage
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Negligence
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failure to give care normally expected; results in injury
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assault and battery
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threat
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Assualt
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attempt to injure
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battery
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unlawful touching without consent
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invasion of privacy
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unnecessarily exposing individual; revealing personal information without consent
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False imprisonment
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restraining/ restricting individual's freedom
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Defamation
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false statements causing ridicule
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Slander
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damaging reputation spoken
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libel
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damaging reputation, written
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abuse
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any care resulting in physical harm, pain, mental anguish;
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true
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true of false?
contract laws also affect health care |
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contract
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agreement between two or more parties
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Three parts of a contract
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Offer
acceptance consideration |
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false
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health care contracts are not expressed or implied
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implied
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obligations are understood without veryablly expressed terms
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expressed
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stated in clear, distinct language; oral or written
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agent
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someone working under the control of another
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principle
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employer
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privileged communications
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important aspect of legal responsibilities; comprises all info given to health care personnel by patient
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ethics
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set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong
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patient bill of right
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reconized/ honored by many health care facilities
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