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Law and Ethics Vocab Flashcards

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Civil Law

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a branch of law that regulates the non-criminal rights, duties of persons, and equal legal relations between private individuals.

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Criminal Law

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a system of laws concerned with crimes and the punishment of individuals who commit crimes.

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Felony

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a crime of high seriousness.

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Misdemeanor

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a crime of lesser seriousness.

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Tort

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a wrongful act or an infringement of a right.

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Assault

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an illegal act of causing physical harm or unwanted physical contact to another person.

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Battery

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an unlawful application of force directly or indirectly upon another person or their personal belongings, causing bodily injury or offensive contact.

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Defamation

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the action of damaging the good reputation of someone.

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Libel

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a published false statement.

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Slander

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the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.

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Informed Consent

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a healthcare provider educates a patient about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a given procedure or intervention.

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Consent

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permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.

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Implied Consent

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consent which is not expressly granted by a person, but rather implicitly granted by a person’s actions.

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Express Consent

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permission for something that is given specifically, either verbally or in writing.

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Negligence

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failure to take proper care in doing something.

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Scope of Practice

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the activities that an individual health care practitioner is permitted to perform within a specific profession.

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Malpractice

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any negligent behavior on the part of a care provider.

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Expert Witness

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a person with specialized knowledge, skills, education, or experience in a particular field who is called upon to provide their expertise in legal proceedings.

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Patient Abandonment

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when a healthcare provider refuses to treat a patient or is negligent in not being available when a patient needs care.

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Good Samaritan Act

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a person who renders emergency care at or near the scene of, or during, an emergency, gratuitously and in good faith, is not liable for any civil damages or penalties as a result of any act.

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Statute of Limitations

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a statute prescribing a period of limitation for the bringing of certain kinds of legal action.

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Patient Self-Determination Act

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mandates that patient advanced directives be implemented if necessary, assuming those wishes are legally valid and permissible by State law.

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Advance Directive

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legal documents that provide instructions for medical care and only go into effect if you cannot communicate your own wishes.

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Durable Power of Attorney

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the agent can act even if the principal becomes disabled or incapacitated.

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Health Care Proxy

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a person who can make health care decisions for you if you are unable to communicate them yourself.

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DNR

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Do-Not-Resuscitate a health care provider can not do CPR if a patient’s breathing stops or if the patient’s heart stops beating.

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Living Will

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legal document that spells out medical treatments you would and would not want to be used to keep you alive.

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Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

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allows a decedent or surviving relatives to donate certain parts of the decedent’s organs for certain purposes.

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Ethics

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moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity.

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Etiquette

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the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.

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Bioethics

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the study of ethical, social, and legal issues that arise in biomedicine and biomedical research.

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Emancipated Minor

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May not vote, smoke, drink alcohol, possess tobacco or firearms until they reach the legal age to do so

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