HS: Ch 5 Legal & Ethical Responsibilities

any care that results in physical harm or pain, or mental anguish

• abuse

• assault

• battery

• negligence

a legal document designed to indicate a person's wishes regarding care in cases of terminal illness or during the dying process

• advance directive

• living wills

• Power of Attorney

• patients' rights

someone who has the power of authority to act as the representative of another

• agent

• Power of Attorney

• contract

• privileged communications

physical or verbal attack on another person; treatment or care given to a person without obtaining proper consent

• assault

• abuse

• battery

• false imprisonment

unlawfully touching another person without that person's consent

• battery

• assault

• abuse

• fase imprisonment

not to be shared or told; to be held in confidence, or kept to oneself

• confidential

• privileged communications

• invasion of privacy

• advance directives

to shorten, decrease in size, or draw together; an agreement between two or more persons

• contract

• legal

• living will

• tort

slander or libel; a false statement that causes ridicule or damage to a reputation

• defamation

• invasion of privacy

• tort

• malpractice

principle of right or good conduct

• eithics

• legal

• patients' rights

• agent

restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom

• false imprisionment

• negligence

• assault

• battery