Legal & Ethical Issues Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: confidentiality : information about the patient must remain private and only shared with members of the healthcare team, ethics : set of principles relating to what is right and wrong; morals, dnr : cpr isn't performed when patient stops breathing, malpractice : failure of a professional to use the degree of skill and learning commonly expected in that individual's profession, resulting in injury, loss, or damage, patients rights : factors of care that patients can expect to receive, invasion of privacy : revealing personal information about an individual without that person's consent, defamation : false statements that damage a person's reputation, hippa : established standards to protect health information, living will : documents that allows people to state what measures should or should not be taken to prolong their life, battery : unlawful touching of another person without consent, assault : threat or attempt to injure, libel : written defamation, false imprisonment : restraining an individual or restricting one's freedom without authorization, tort : wrongful act that does not involve a contract, slander : spoken defamation, poa : document that permits an individual to appoint another person to make healthcare decisions (abbreviation), negligence : failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, informed consent : permission granted voluntarily by person of sound mind; procedure and risks explained.