| A | B |
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| OBRA | Residents Rights are part of this and include 12 major points. |
| Advance Directive | document allowing a person to state what his wishes are related to health care in case at some point he can no longer communicate those wishes. |
| AHA (American Hospital Association) | adopted guidelines for the patient's bill of rights |
| Patient Care Partnership | A patient can use this to find out how a hospital settles disputes, also states the patients have a responsibility to coopoerate with health care providers |
| Beneficence | to do good for patients by preventing harm and promoting health of the person |
| HIPAA | Protects the right to privacy |
| Litigation | a lawsuit or legal action taken against a person who is accused of breaking a law |
| civil | laws that are concerned with relationships between individuals |
| criminal | laws that are concerned with the relationship between individuals and society as a whole |
| laws | rules made by a controlling authority like government |
| A living will | a type of advance directive allowing a person to give instructions about medical treatements they would want to have done or not want to have done to save their life |
| liability | the responsibility of an individual to act within the law. |
| a tort | a wrong committed under the civil law |
| negligent | a person who commits an unintentional (without the intent to cause harm) tort is said to be this |
| defamation | making untrue statements about another person that can cause harm to that person's reputation |
| assault | threatening or attempting to touch a person without consent casing fear of harm |
| battery | touching a person without his consent |
| fraud | deception that could cause harm to another person |
| confidentiality | keeping personal information to yourself and private |
| Larceny | stealing |
