Ch 3 Vocab Flashcards
0
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Specific authorization to provide care expressed by the patient
A
Expressed consent
1
Q
Able to make decisions
A
Competent
2
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Confining a person from mental or physical action
A
Forcible restraint
3
Q
Granted permission
A
Consent
4
Q
Touching without consent
A
Battery
5
Q
Legal responsibility to provide care
A
Duty to act
6
Q
Written documentation that specifies treatment
A
Advanced directive
7
Q
Unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm
A
Assault
8
Q
Unilateral termination of care
A
Abandonment
9
Q
Failure to provide standard of care
A
Negligence
10
Q
Accepted level of care consistent with training
A
Standard of care
11
Q
Process that recognizes that a person has met set standards
A
Certification
12
Q
Legal assumption that treatment was desired
A
Implied consent
13
Q
Relating to law or forensic medicine
A
Medicolegal
