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Legal Terminology Flashcards

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Criminal Law

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Punish the offender

Crime against society

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Civil Law

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Protects individual

Makes victim whole

Most medical cases

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Ethics

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Beliefs that are morally right or wrong

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Misrepresentation

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Lack of disclosure where others think you’re something you’re not

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Plaintiff

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Brings the complaint to the court

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Defendant

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The person accused of a crime

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Appeal

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A petition to have the case heard again

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Litigation

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Legal contest

Lawsuit

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Liability

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Legally responsible

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Prudent Care

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Duty to act if being paid

Reasonable care

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Torts

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Any civil wrong person can be sued for

A legal contest

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Subpoena

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Request to appear in court

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Felony

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Serious, federal crime

Go to prison

> 1 year in prison

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Misdemeanor

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Not serious crime

> 1 year in jail

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False imprisonment

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Held/detained against someone’s will

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Invasion of Privacy

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Ensures that you will have your privacy maintained

The right to be left alone

Maintaining a persons modesty during their care

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Breach of Contract

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Of broken promise involving money

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Intentional Torts

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Something you did wrong that you can be sued for

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Breach of Warranty

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Agreement to do something & a person/part fails to uphold their end

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Defamation of Character

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When someone damages someone’s reputation

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Assault

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A demonstration of a threat

Verbal/physical threat

Person feels threatened

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Battery

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Actual physical harm

Usually accompanies assault

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Abuse

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Causes physical injury or mental distress

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Slander

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Verbal defamation of character

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Libel

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Written defamation of character

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Neglect

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Failure to do something that a prudent person would ordinarily do

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Not doing something you have been trained to do

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Malpractice

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Professional negligence

“Bad practice”

Error that leads to injury

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Implied Consent

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Assuming that the patient will want your help

-when person is unconscious, etc.

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Medical Law

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Minimum standard of conduct

Governs the interaction between people in an attempt to create an orderly society

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Medical Ethics

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A field of applied ethics that applies to the field of medicine and health care

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Morals

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Beliefs of what is correct in not correct based on family, religion, and society influences

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Hippocratic Oath

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One of the earliest documents setting the standard for ethical behavior

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Bioethics

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Ethics in medicine

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Scope of Practice

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Procedures, actions, and processes that are permitted for the healthcare professional

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Confidentiality Policies

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Help to protect people’s privacy

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HIPAA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Passed in 1996

Did not seem to make much of an impact on the average citizen until 2003

Electronic healthcare transactions, codes, identifiers, and security

Confidentiality guidelines to safeguard medical records in individual medical information

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Exceptions to confidentiality (HIPAA)

Incidents that need to be reported

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Births

Deaths

Communicable diseases

STDs

Cancers

Traffic accidents involving use of drugs/alcohol

Some infections
-West Nile Virus, SARS, hepatitis

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Expressed Consent

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Patient gives you permission to practice on them

-legal age, right mental state

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Informed Consent

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Telling people…

What medical procedure will be performed

Expected outcome

Possible complications

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