Ethics And Laws Flashcards
Assault
Intentionally threatening to touch someone’s body
Battery
Touching someone without consent
Boundary crossing
Brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone
Boundary violation
An act or behavior that meets your needs and not the persons
Boundary sign
Act or behavior that warns of a boundary crossing or violation
Civil law
Law concerned with relationships between people
Crime
An act that violated a criminal law
Criminal law
Laws concerned with offenses against the public
Defamation
Injuring a persons name and reputation by false statements
Elder abuse
Intentional negligence act by caregiver to an older person
Ethics
Knowing what is right and wrong
False imprisonment
Restraint of a persons freedom of movement
Fraud
Doing something to trick or deceive someone
Invasion or privacy
Violations a persons right to not have photo name or private affairs made public
Law
A ruled made by a government body
Libel
Making false stamens through pictures or drawings
Malpractice
Negligence by a professional person
Neglect
Neglect failure to provide with good and services
Negligence
Unintentional wrong
Professional boundary
Separated helpful behaviors from non helpful
Professional sexual misconduct
Act or behavior that is sexual in nature
Protected health information
Identifying information about the persons health care
Self neglect
A persons behavior that affects there health and safety
Slander
Making false statements orally
Standard of care
Skills, care and judgements required by a health team member
Tort
Wrong commuted against a person or their property
Vulnerable adult
Someone over 18 with a mental disability
Will
Legal document of how someone wants their properties distributed
HIPPA
Health insurance portability and accountability act
Abuse
Willful inflection or injury
