Intro WK 11 (BOOK)

addresses statutes that are enacted regarding the power of agencies

legal documents that are created by a competent person to provide written information concerning his or her desires for treatment iffor some reason, the patient is unable to make decisions on his or her own

a deliberate act wherein one person threatens to harm another person and the victim feels that the attacker has the ability to actually carry out the threat

the unlawful touching of a person without their consent, even ifthe act is performed for their benefit

involves crime against an individual, and itincludes such crimes as slander, libel, trespassing, and contract violation

the oldest form of law, many of which were initially established in England and France and then practiced in the American colonies

the voluntary agreement or permission that a patient gives a medical professional to allow that professional to touch, examine, and/or perform treatment or a procedure on them

involves crimes against the state or society as a whole

exists when someone makes false or malicious statements about someone else

physician who provides a patient with a diagnosis