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| abuse | Any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish |
| advance directives | legal documents that allows individuals to state what medical treatment they do or do not want in the event they become incapacitated and are unable to express their wishes regarding medical care |
| agent | The person working under the employer |
| assault and battery | Threat or attempt to injure and the unlawful touching of another person without consent |
| civil law | the legal relationship between people and the protection of a person's rights |
| confidentiality | Information about the patient must remain private and can be shared only with other members of the patient's health care team |
| contract | An agreement between two or more parties |
| criminal law | Focuses on behavior known as crime; deals with the wrongs against a person, property, or society |
| defamation | occurs when false statements either cause a person to be riduculed for damage the person's reputation |
| Designation of Health Care Surrogate | a document that permits an individual to appoint another person to make any decisions regarding health care of the principal should become unable to make decisions |
| Durable Power of Attorney | a document that permits an individual to appoint another person to make any decisions regarding health care if the principal should become unable to make decisions |
| Ethics | A set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong |
| Expressed contracts | Obligations stated in distinct and clear language, either orally or in writing |
| false imprisonment | Refers to restraining an individual or restricting and individual's freedom |
| health care records | Considered privileged communications which contain information about the care providede to the patient |
| implied contracts | Are those obligations that are understood without verbally expressed terms |
| informed consent | Permission grantede voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after the procedure and all risks involved have been explained in terms the person can understand |
| invasion of privacy | Includes unnecessarily exposing an individual of revealing personal information about an and individual without that person's consent |
| legal | responsibilities that are based on law |
| legal disability | When a person does not have the legal capacity to form a contract |
| libel | written incorrect information given out in error |
| living wills | Documents that allow individuals to state what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when their conditions are terminal |
| malpractice | professional negligence |
| negligence | failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position |
| Patient Self-Determination | mandates that all health care facilities receiving any type of federal aid comply with specific requirements |
| Patient's Bill of Rights | Specific rights a patient has |
| patients' rights | Factors of care that patients can expect to recieve |
| privileged communications | All information given to health care personnel by a patient |
| Resident's Bill of Rights | Rights found under OBRA |
| slander | False statements spoken about someone |
| tort | A wrongful act that does not involve a contract |
