Medical Legal and Ethics Vocab

Being legally responsible for harm of athlete or cause of injury

• Liability

• Tort

• Duty of Care

• Malfeasance

Failure to use reasonable care that an ordinary person would use

• Liability

• Negligence

• Duty of Care

• Malfeasance

Degree of care that an equally qualified caregiver would provide

• Assumption of Risk

• Statue of Limitation

• Duty of Care

• Standard of Reasonable Care

Part of an official job description

• Assumption of Risk

• Statue of Limitation

• Duty of Care

• Standard of Reasonable Care

A legal wrong

• Ethics

• Nonfeasance

• Tort

• Malpractice

Care provider fails to perform their legal duty of care

• Misfeasance

• Nonfeasance

• Malfeasance

• Malpractice

When care provider performs an act that is not the care providers responsibility or standard of care

• Misfeasance

• Nonfeasance

• Malfeasance

• Malpractice

When care provider commits an act, but uses wrong procedures

• Misfeasance

• Nonfeasance

• Malfeasance

• Malpractice

Neither the government nor any individual who is employed by the government can be liable for negligence

• Sovereign Immunity

• Duty of Care

• Statute of Limitation

• Assumption of Risk

Provides protection against legal liability to any person who chooses to provide first aid

• Sovereign Immunity

• Duty of Care

• Statute of Limitation

• Good Samaritan Law