Legal Responsibilities and Ethics in Healthcare

What is a legal document that allows people to state what medical treatment they want or do not want in the event they are unable to make decisions or communicate?

• battery

• advance directive

• slander

• Code of Ethics

________ are rules of conduct among people.

• liability

• laws

• ethics

• tort

________ 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

A list of written statements describing proper conduct for a group of people is ________________.

• Code of Ethics

• torts

• laws

• advance directive

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

• slander

• false imprisonment

• battery

• liability

What is the law or act that ensures a patient's medical information is private?

• Family Medical Leave Act

• OSHA

• HIPAA Health Information Portability and Accountability Act

• Fair Labor Standards Act

_________________ is speaking false words about people.

• slander

• battery

• liability

• ethics

What is a legal document that allows people to state what medical treatment they want or do not want in the event they are unable to make decisions or communicate?

• battery

• advance directive

• slander

• Code of Ethics