3 Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Assault | Unlawfully, placing a patient in fear of bodily harm |
| Abandonment | Unilateral termination of care |
| Advanced directive | Written document that specifies treatment |
| Battery | Touching without consent |
| Certification | Process that recognizes that a person has met set standards |
| Consent | Granted permission |
| Competent | Able to make decisions |
| Duty to act | Legal responsibility to provide care |
| Expressed consent | Specific authorization to provide care expressed by the patient |
| Forcible restraint | Confining a person from mental or physical action |
| Implied consent | Legal assumption that treatment was desired |
| Medicolegal | Relating to law or forensic medicine |
| Negligence | Failure to provide standard of care |
| Standard of care | Acceptable level of care consistent with training |
| Breach of duty | Did not provide standard of care |
| Gross negligence | Duty to act, breach of duty, causation |
| Causation | Proof you did it |
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