Legal Issues Flashcards
1
Q
What are four components of negligence?
A
Duty to act
Breach of duty
Damage/injury
Proximate cause
2
Q
What is proximate cause?
A
Your actions caused injury
3
Q
What is EMTALA?
A
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
The ER must treat you
4
Q
What is slander?
A
False “verbal”statements about someone
5
Q
What is libel?
A
False statements about someone in “writing”
6
Q
What does autonomy mean?
A
“What the patient wants”
7
Q
What is an illegal act of wrong doing called?
A
Tort
