Breaking the Law
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BREAKING THE LAW
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Flashcards! You will have a quiz on the terms that
are underlined. You will also need to provide an
example of the infraction in the context of the medical field.
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The Law 2 types
Criminal law dealing with wrongs against a person, property, or society○ Practicing without a license○ Misuse of narcotics○ Theft○ Murder
Civil law: deals with legal relationships between people and protection of a persons’ rights○ Contracts○ Torts: A wrongful act that does not involve a contract
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Crimes Malpractice: providing improper or
unprofessional treatment or careLiability insurance: protection providers can
purchase in the case of a malpractice suit○ EXPEN$IVE!
Examples?
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Crimes Negligence: failure to provide care that
is normally expected of a person equally trained in that particular situation, resulting in injury to the patientExamples?
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Crimes Assault: can include a threat or attempt
to injure Battery: unlawful touch of another
without their consentInformed consent!
○ What did that mean again?○ Protocol for accepting written or verbal
Surgery, treatment for minors, invasive procedure = written consent needed
Examples?
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Crimes Invasion of privacy: unnecessary
exposure of an individual or revealing personal information about an individual without consentExamples?
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Crimes False imprisonment: restraining a
patient or restricting their freedomExamples?
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Crime Abuse: any care that result in physical
harm, pain, or mental anguishTypes:
○ Physical○ Verbal○ Psychological○ Sexual○ Domestic○ Child○ Elder
Examples?
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Crimes Defamation: false statements which may
damage a person’s reputationSlander: information is spoken
○ Example?Libel: information is written
○ Example?