Legal Responsibilities and Ethics in Healthcare

________ is intentionally touching without permission.

• slander

• disclosure

• tort

• battery

A person harmed because of another person's actions or failure to act is called a ________________.

• tort

• law

• liability

• malpractice

__________ is a voluntary agreement between two or more people, examples include implied or expressed.

• disclosure

• Code of Ethics

• contract

• law

_________________ is a term when a person's freedom is intentionally violated.

• slander

• false imprisonment

• battery

• liability

Criminal Law usually involves jail time, where Civil Law usually involves monetary fines.

• True

• False

_________________ is speaking false words about people.

• slander

• battery

• liability

• ethics

In healthcare, we primarily deal with issues involving criminal law?

• True

• False

Negligence is best described as

• Acting in a way that causes harm

• Behaving unethically

• Failing to provide expected care

• Harming someone's reputation

Failure of a person to use professional skills as expected, results in injury loss or damage to the person receiving care is called....

• malpractice
• negligence
• malfeasance
• incompetence

Invasion of privacy is considered......

• a form of data protection
• violating physical or informational exposure

• physical harm

• Malpractice