5 Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

An example of Battery is

• Keeping patients hospitalized against their will
• Unnecessarily exposing an individual during a procedure
• Lying to a patient
• Performing a procedure when the patient refused consent

Abuse is defined as?

• Care that results in physical harm
• Care that results in mental anguish
• Care that results in sexual
• All of the above

Defamation occurs when false things are spoken, either these words cause a person to be ridiculed or damage the person's reputation it is called _______________.

• Libel
• Slander
• Verbal Abuse
• Social Media

The Advanced Directive - Living Will is a document that _____________

• Allows people to leave the hospital when they want to
• Is a Legal document that provides liability insurance
• Legal document that states what you want and do not want done to you
• Patients Bill of Rights

If a patient is physically restrained without proper authorization or justification, this can lead to a charge of...

• invasion of privacy
• defamation
• false imprisonment
• assault and battery

A false statement that causes a  person to be ridiculed or damages the person's reputation is known as...

• false imprisonment
• libel
• slander
• assault and battery

Principles relating to what is normally right or wrong are known as...

• torts
• contracts
• ethics
• patients' rights

Which of the following is NOT a right of patients?

• A patient may refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law.
• A patient is entitled to free care regardless of circumstances.
• A patient must be informed of any hospital rules or regulations
• a patient is entitled to a reasonable response to a request for services

A legal document that allows an individual to state what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when a condition is terminal is a...

• living will
• Durable Power of Attorney
• 
  Patient Self-Determination Act
• right-to-die declaration

Writing threats or abusive statements is an example of...

• physical abuse
• verbal abuse
• psychological abuse
• sexual abuse