Intro Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

______: Any care that results in physical harm or pain, or mental anguish.

• abuse

• neglect

• therapy

• assistance

A legal document designed to indicate a person’s wishes regarding care in case of a terminal illness or during the dying process.

• advance directives

• power of attorney

• living trust

• do not resuscitate order

Someone who has the power or authority to act as the representative of another.

• agent

• client

• witness

• beneficiary

Includes a threat or attempt to injure.

• assault

• theft

• negligence

• trespass

Includes the unlawful touching of another person without consent.

• battery

• assault

• theft

• fraud

______ : Laws that focus on the legal relationships between people and the protection of a person’s rights.

• civil law

• criminal law

• constitutional law

• administrative law

______ (con"-fih-den-chee"-ahl'-ih-tee): The act of keeping information private and protected.

• confidentiality

• transparency

• integrity

• availability

A list of patient’s rights, implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services, that must be recognized and honored by health care providers.

• Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities

• Health Insurance Portability Act

• Patient Protection Act

• Affordable Care Act

To shorten, decrease in size, or draw together; an agreement between two or more persons.

• contract

• expand

• scatter

• divide

Law that focuses on behavior known as crime; deals with the wrongs against a person, property, or society.

• criminal law

• civil law

• contract law

• tort law