Lessom 5 Flashcards
Focus on characteristics, traits, virtues a good person should have
Value ethics
Christian Ten Commandments
Judeo
Fold pat
Buddhism Four Noble Truths and Eight
Recognition and enforcement of rights and duties of private citizens and organisations
Private Law
Two basic types of private law
Tort
Contract Law
Tort action consists of:
Existence of legal duty from defendant to plaintiff
Breach of that duty
Damages
Tort categories consists of:
Negligence
Intentional
Liability
Unintentional commission or omission of act a person would or would not do under same or similar circumstances
Negligence
Common forms of negligence
Malfeasance
Misfeasance
Nonfeasance
Criminal Negligence
Identify the negligence:
Execution of unlawful or improper act
Malfeasance
Identify the negligence:
Improper performance of act that leads to injury
Misfeasance
Failure to perform an act, where there is a duty to act
Nonfeasance
Identify the negligence:
Reckless disregard for safety for safety of another
Criminal Negligence
Intentional Torts in Health Care Practices
Assault
Battery
No physical contact, verbally cursing
Assault
No physical contact, threatening someone
Assault
Offensive touching and bodily injury
Battery
Written defamation, harmed reputation of others
Libel
What are the DEFAMATION of character
Libel
Slander
False Imprisonment
Invasion of privacy
Spoken or oral defamation
Slander
Illegal confinement against individual against his or her violates confined individual right to be free from contraint
False Imprisonment
We only need to know the information centered on patient care
Invasion of privacy
