Ch 4 Vocab

Question 0

Assault

Answer 0

Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person’s body without the person’s consent

Question 1

Abuse

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Battery

Answer 2

Touching a person’s body without his or her consent

Question 3

Boundary crossing

Answer 3

A brief act or behavior outside the helpful zone

Question 4

Boundary crossing

Answer 4

An act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or violation

Question 5

Boundary violation

Answer 5

An act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person’s

Question 6

Civil law

Answer 6

Laws concerned with relationships between people

Question 7

Crime

Answer 7

An act that violates criminal law

Question 8

Criminal law

Answer 8

Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general

Question 9

Defamation

Answer 9

Injuring a person’s name and reputation by making faker statements to a third party

Question 10

Ethics

Answer 10

Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct

Question 11

False imprisonment

Answer 11

Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person’s freedom of movement

Question 12

Fraud

Answer 12

Saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person

Question 13

Invasion of privacy

Answer 13

Violating a person’s right not to have his or her name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent

Question 14

Law

Answer 14

A rule of conduct made by a government body

Question 15

Libel

Answer 15

Making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures or drawings

Question 16

Malpractice

Answer 16

Negligence by a professional person

Question 17

Neglect

Answer 17

Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness

Question 18

Negligence

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Professional boundary

Answer 19

That which separates helpful behaviors from behaviors that are not helpful

Question 20

Professional sexual misconduct

Answer 20

An act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in behavior

Question 21

Protected health information

Answer 21

Identifying information and information about the person’s health car that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral)

Question 22

Self-neglect

Answer 22

A person’s behaviors that threaten his or her health and safety

Question 23

Slander

Answer 23

Making false statements orally

Question 24

Standard of care

Answer 24

The skills, care, and judgements required by a health team member under similar conditions

Question 25

Tory

Answer 25

A wrong committed against a or the person’s property

Question 26

Vulnerable adult

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Will

Answer 27

A legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death