Legal Flashcards
A physical therapist treats a child without parental consent.
Battery
When false statements damage a persons reputation.
Defamation
When a dentist writes a letter to a newspaper editor calming that a patient is a big baby and never pays his bill.
Libel
False ____________ can be charged if a patient is restrained without authorization.
False imprisonment
A wrongful act that does not involve a contract.
Tort
Informed _________ is permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind.
Consent
Malpractice if often described as bad __________ or professional negligence.
Bad practice
An example of abuse when a health care worker swears and shouts at a patient.
Verbal
When a nurse tells the press something about a celebrity patient that is insulting and untrue.
Slander
Any care resulting in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.
Abuse
Unnecessarily exposing an individual.
Invasion of privacy
A doctor cuts into the bladder when removing the uterus.
Malpractice
A threat or attempt to injure.
Assault
Nursing assistant used hot bath water and burned the patient.
Negligence
Invasion of privacy can be caused by revealing _________ information about a patient.
Personal
