Ch 4 Vocab Flashcards
Assault
Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person’s body without the person’s consent
Abuse
The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person (or person’s caretaker) of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being
Battery
Touching a person’s body without his or her consent
Boundary crossing
A brief act or behavior outside the helpful zone
Boundary crossing
An act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or violation
Boundary violation
An act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person’s
Civil law
Laws concerned with relationships between people
Crime
An act that violates criminal law
Criminal law
Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general
Defamation
Injuring a person’s name and reputation by making faker statements to a third party
Ethics
Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
False imprisonment
Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person’s freedom of movement
Fraud
Saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person
Invasion of privacy
Violating a person’s right not to have his or her name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent
Law
A rule of conduct made by a government body
Libel
Making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures or drawings
Malpractice
Negligence by a professional person
Neglect
Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness
Negligence
An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and a person or the person or person’s property was harmed
Professional boundary
That which separates helpful behaviors from behaviors that are not helpful
Professional sexual misconduct
An act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in behavior
Protected health information
Identifying information and information about the person’s health car that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral)
Self-neglect
A person’s behaviors that threaten his or her health and safety
Slander
Making false statements orally
Standard of care
The skills, care, and judgements required by a health team member under similar conditions
Tory
A wrong committed against a or the person’s property
Vulnerable adult
A person who is 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged
Will
A legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death
