legal and medical ethics Flashcards
criminal law
“crime”, deals with wrongs against a person, property, or society
civil law
legal relationship between people and the protection of a person’s rights
tort
wrongful act that does not involve a contract. It occurs when a person is harmed/injured because health care provider does not meet established or expected standards of care
malpractice
physician is involved in an act they are not qualified to perform
Negligence
legal claim or lawsuit towards someone when they FAIL to do something they were supposed to
False Imprisonment
wrongfully keeping someone imprisoned by using restraints such as physically or chemically without consent
Assault
the threat to harm someone
Battery
Physical offence such as shoving someone
Defamation
written or verbal accusation to harm a person’s reputation when the claim is untrue
Libel
written accusation
Slander
vocal accusation
Invasion of privacy
privacy is breached in a physical or informational way
Abuse
harming someone repetitively
4 types of abuse
physical, verbal, physiological, sexual
physical
injury using bodily conduct
verbal
yelling or using words to cause harm
physcological
mentally harming someone
sexual
forcing someone to engage in a sexual act without consent
reasons to break patient confidentiality to report an incident
-births/deaths
-injuries caused by violence
-abuse or neglect
-communicable disease or STIs that pose as a risk to the community
Patient rights
-right to considerate care
-right to confidentiality
-right to refuse treatment
-right to examine medical bill
HIPAA
health insurance portability and accountability act
HIPAA privacy standards
-inform patients of how health info. is being used
-sign consent acknowledging they understand info
-authorize release of info
-right to see or obtain copies of their medical records “patient portals”
-file complaint against any provider
