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What is civil law?

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Legal relationships between people and people’s rights

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what is criminal law?

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wrongs against a person, society, or property

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Tort

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Wrongful act that doesn’t involve a contract

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Malpractice

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Failure of professional to use degree of skill and learning

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Negligence

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Tell your to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position resulting in injury of another person

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Assalt and battery

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Threaten to attempt to injure and the unlawful touching of another person without consent

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Informed consent

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Permission granted voluntarily by a person after the procedure and all risks involved have been explained

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Invasion of privacy

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Unnecessarily exposing an individual or revealing personal information about an individual without that person’s consent

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False imprisonment

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Restraining an individual or restricting an individuals freedom

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What are the four types of abuse?

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Physical, verbal, psychological, sexual

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What are the signs of abuse?

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Unexplained bruises, fractures, burns, or injuries. Signs of neglect. Poor personal hygiene. Change in personality. Aggressive behavior. Statements that indicate abuse

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Defamation

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Incorrect information. False statements that either cause a person to be ridiculous or damage the person’s reputation

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Contract

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Agreement between two or more parties

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Slander

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Spoken words

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Liable

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Written words

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H IPAA

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Health insurance portability and accountability act. Healthcare axis, preventing healthcare fraud, tax related health provisions, application and enforcement of group health plan requirements, revenue offsets

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Privileged communication

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Information that must be confidential and only shared with other members of the patient’s healthcare team

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What are ethics?

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Set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong

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Voluntary and nonprofit agencies

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Supported by donations, membership fees, fundraisers, and grants

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NIH

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National institutes of health. Focuses on one disease

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CDC

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Center for disease control and prevention. Research is diseases. Teaches about diseases. Prevent diseases

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Personal appearance

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Diet, rest, exercise, posture, no tobacco or drugs, hair, nails, make up, tattoos, clothing, shoes, name badge, jewelry, personal hygiene

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Deductible

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Money you pay before the insurance does

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

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1714 created the Mercury Fahrenheit

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Renaissance

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Rebirth of science of medicine

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Dark ages

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The study of medicine came to a halt. Monks increased stress prayer to treat illnesses

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Greeks

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Hippocrates is the father of medicine. Stress of good diet

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Vision service careers

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Care for vision disorders

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Egyptains

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First to record health records

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Hospice symptoms

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Terminal illness centers

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Dental offices

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Optamology and ophthalmology

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Types of hospitals

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General, specialty, government, University

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Medicare

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Government programs mostly for the elderly

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Veterinary careers

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Animal health. VTR

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OBRA

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1957 omnibus budget reconciliation act. Federal law created regulations regarding long-term in-home healthcare

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Romans

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Develop sanitary system is by building sewers

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Chinese

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Holistic beliefs. Mind body and soul. Used acupuncture

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Genetic counseling centers

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Parents that want children. Pre-illness baby

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Home healthcare

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Comes to your house. Occupational, speech, nursing

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FDA

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FDA FDA food and drug administration. Test things that are safe to use

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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1849 first female physician

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Wilhelm roentgen

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1895 discovered x-rays

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Edward Venner

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Smallpox

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Pandemic

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Large number in a community get the same disease at the same time

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Diagnostic service careers

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Technologists and technicians

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Nutrition and dietary service careers

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Recognize importance of good nutrition as for health

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William H

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1628 describe circulation of blood to and from the heart

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Antoine VL

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1666 created microscopes

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Medicaid

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Government program for low income

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Nursing careers

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Provide care under direction of a physician. Direct care given to meet mental, emotional, and physical needs of the patient

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Louis P, Joseph Lister, Theodore Fleitmann

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Vaccines for rabies

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Dorthea Dix

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Super intendant of female nurses in the army

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Clara Burton

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Founded American Red Cross

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Medigap

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What Medicare doesn’t cover

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OSHA

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Occupational safety and health administration. Protect workers

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Health departments

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local and state

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Long-term care facilities

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Residential, extended care, nursing home

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Middle Ages

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Black death killed 75% of the population

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Living wills

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Will the person makes before they die

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Patient rights

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The written consent of the patient is required before privileged communications can be shared with anyone else. The patient has the right to obtain a copy of any information in the record. A patient must sign an authorization form for the release of the patient’s information.

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