| A | B |
|---|
| Abandonment | withdrawal of doctor from care of pt without notice to pt |
| advanced directive | legal written intsructions for person's health care before illness |
| assault | unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury |
| battery | unlawful touching of another person with or without bodily injury |
| breach | breaking a law, promise or duty |
| conduct | behavior or person's actions |
| consent | permission given by peron voluntarily and in sound mind |
| custom | acceptable behavior or common practice |
| defamation | attack on a person's reputation; can be wriiten or verbal |
| duty of care | legal obligation to perform services that meet common standards of practice; also standard of care |
| defendant | person that is sued |
| ethics | standards of behavior and practice based on right or wrong |
| false imprisonment | restraining a person against his will without legal medical reason |
| felony | serious crime; penalty imprisonment for more than 1 year |
| ideal | standard of perfection or excellence |
| incident report | form filled out anytime anything unusual happens to patient, visitor or employee |
| incompetent | unfit either physically or mentally |
| informed consent | patient must receive explanation in terms he can understand when he is fully alert/competent before he signs voluntarily |
| invasion of privacy | unlawfully making known private information without consent of patient |
| judgment | final decision of court in an action of lawsuit |
