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.