Legal and Ethical Concepts in Athletic Training

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Liability

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State of being legally responsible for the harm one causes to another person.

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Duty of Care

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The Athletic Trainer has an official job responsibility to render treatment and procedures related to the health and well-being of an athlete.

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Negligence

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Assuming liability for the failure to use reasonable care. Conduct that results in the creation of unreasonable risk of harm to others.

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Standard of Reasonable Care

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Assumes that an individual is neither exceptionally skillful nor extraordinarily cautious but is a person of reasonable and ordinary prudence.

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Nonfeasance

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Failure to perform legal duty. Act of omission.

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Malfeasance

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Committing/performing an act, out of defined scope of practice. Act of commission.

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Misfeasance

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Performing improper care within the scope of defined practice.

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Negligence Establishment

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1. Duty of Care existed between person injured and person responsible for the injury. 2. Defendant breached this duty by conduct that fell short of Standard of Care. 3. Defendant caused the injury to occur. 4. Personal, property, or punitive damages resulted.

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Sovereign Immunity

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Neither the government nor any individual employed by the government can be held liable for negligence.

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Good Samaritan Law

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Provides limited protection against legal liability to any individual who voluntarily chooses to provide first aid, as long as they do not overstep their professional training and exercise reasonable care.