Medical Law Word Scramble
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| Assault | Threatening or attempting to harm someone |
| Battery | Any unjust or unlawful touching of another without justification or exuse |
| Defamation | Holding up a person to ridicule, scorn, or contempt in a respectable and considerable part of the community |
| False Imprisonment | conscious restraint of a person without proper authorization or consent |
| Veracity | Duty to tell the truth |
| What does HIPAA stand for? | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| Define: HIPAA | Ensures privacy and security for the electronic transmission of certain health records |
| The Joint Commision | organization that accredits and certifies health care organizations and other programs within USA |
| Defamation | Holding a person to ridicule, scorn or contempt in a respectable part of the community |
| Implied Consent | A person's agreement to allow something to happen which is not expressly given, rather inferred by a persons actions or words |
| Informed Consent | A Person’s agreement to allow something to happen (such as surgery) that is based on a full disclosure of the facts needed to make the decision intelligently (ie; knowledge of risks involved, alternatives, benefits, and other information needed) |
| Negligence | Failure to do what any other reasonable, prudent person would do. |
| Res Ipsa Loquitur | "The Thing Speaks For Itself" |
| Respondeat Superior | "Let the Superior Respond" meaning that management/physician may be liable for subordinate employee's wrong-doing. |
| Standard of Care | The degree of skill, knowledge and care ordinarily posessed by people in that particular position. |
| Tort | A private or civil wrong doing or or injury other than a breach of contract |
| Beneficence | The idea of being good and doing good |
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