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HS 1- Chapters 4 and 5 - Legal Terms and Patient Rights
This activity contains legal terms, prefixes, roots, suffixes. abreviations, and patient's rights
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| malpractice | bad practice or professional negligence |
| negligence | failure to give care normally expected resulting in injury |
| invasion of privacy | ex. sending info to an insurance company without patient's written consent |
| false imiprisonment | patient is physically restrained without proper authoization or justification |
| abuse | care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish |
| libel | fase written statement that damages a person's reputation |
| slander | oral statements that damage a person's reputation |
| defamation | damaging someone's reputation |
| dermatology | study of skin |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hematologist | blood specialist |
| cardio | heart |
| neuro | nerves |
| myo | muscle |
| encephalo | brain |
| dermato | skin |
| lipo | fat |
| natal | birth |
| gastro | stomach |
| -pathy | disease |
| -uria | urine |
| -penia | lack of |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -oma | tumor |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ology | study of |
| -megaly | large |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -anti- | against |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| dys- | difficult |
| A.M. | morning |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| Wt. | weight |
| I.C.U. | intensive care unit |
| qd | every day |
| q3h | every 3 hours |
| qh | every hour |
| Rx | prescription |
| B. P. | blood pressure |
| B.M. | bowel movement |
| FUO | fever of unknown origin |
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