Legal and Ethical Unit

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What is a durable power of attorney for health care?

a document that allows a person, a principle, to give another person an agent, the right to make decisions regarding the principles health care

What does HIPAA stand for?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

What are laws and what do they do?

Laws are rules of conduct enacted and enforced by governments. Laws help protect people.

What is libel?

a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

What is malpractice?

a worker unintentionally harms a patient

What are advanced directives?

legal documents to make medical decisions for patients when they are unable

what type of information does a medical record contain

medical history, description of symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, prescriptions and refills, name of legal guardian, name of power of attorney, address, name and date of birth

Ethics

moral rights and wrongs

informed consent

patient receives an explanation of what's going to happen

what are the six patient rights under the privacy rule

protected health information, and request confidential communication

What does criminal law do?

protects all citizens from people who pose a threat to society

What is slander?

spoken defamation

What are civil rights?

the privileges and protections given to all U.S. citizens by Constitutional, federal, state, and local law

what are two types of civil laws

torts and contracts

What is negligence?

unintentionally harming a person by acting in an improper way

What is scope of practice?

what healthcare workers should and should not do according to their profession

How long are medical records kept?

2-7 years

what is sexual harassment

A form of sex discrimination (unwelcome sexual advances)

what is the difference between assault and battery

Assault is threatening or attempting to harm a person, battery is intentionally toughing another person without their permission

Implied consent

Does not have to be in writing

What is a tort?

a case in which a person is harmed because of another persons actions or failure to act

What are human rights?

The basic, fundamental rights that belong to all people

How is invasion of privacy defined?

intentionally interfering with a person's right to be left alone

What is false imprisonment?

intentionally violating a person's freedom

With whom can the patient's information be shared with?

between health care providers and patients

What does civil law focus on

disputes between people

What is a living will?

documents that allow individuals to state what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when their conditions are terminal

How can a health worker commit a criminal offense

falsifying medical records, insurance fraud, misuse of drugs, stealing drugs, abuse. and murder

According to the Patient's Bill of Rights, what do patients have a right to do

health decisions, respectful treatment, and privacy

what situations allow for disclosure without authorization

if a person has threatened to harm themselves and or someone else

in what event are health care workers able to restrain patients

if the patient is threatening their own safety or the safety of others (doctor's order)

What is privileged communication?

information that is shared within a protected relationship (patient and therapist)

What is defamation of character?

intentionally damaging a person's reputation by making false statements about the person


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