Legal & Ethical Responsibilities Review

Healthcare is mainly affected by which law?

• Civil law

• Legal law

• Criminal law

• Patient law

________ can be physical, verbal, or sexual.

• Assault and battery

• Abuse

• Slander

• Libel

Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person is ____.

• Malpractice

• Negligence

• Abuse

• Defamation of character

If a healthcare worker sends information to an insurance company without the patient’s written consent, this can be ____.

• Invasion of Privacy

• Defamation

• Slander

• Libel

If a physician fails to use a degree of skill and learning commonly expected and the person receiving care is injured, the physician can be sued for ____.

• Negligence

• Defamation

• Malpractice

• Assault and battery

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

Any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish can lead to a charge of ___.

• Invasion of privacy

• Defamation

• False imprisonment

• Abuse

Identify and define the two forms of defamation of character.

Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after a procedure and all risks involved have been explained is ___.

• Legal permission

• Confidential authorization

• Verbal consent

• Informed consent

Threats or abusive statements are an example of ___.

• Physical abuse

• Verbal abuse

• Psychological abuse

• Sexual abuse