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Legal Aspects
Of Patient Care
Question | Answer |
---|---|
autonomy | respect for others |
ethics | morally right and wrong |
scope of practice | level of care expected from training |
Privacy Act of 1974 | protects records containing personal info |
informed consent | patient understands and agrees |
implied consent | patient not able to give permission |
living will | direct treatment with patients wishes |
durable POA | individual that makes decisions when patient cant |
assault | intentional threat |
battery | physical contact against will |
negligence | conduct that falls below accepted standard care |
malpractice | failure to use skill |
NPDB | improve health care quality, protect public, reduce fraud |
tort | act that causes injury |
defamation | remarks about another person that aren't true |