Medical, Legal, & Ethical Issues Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• tort : a wrongful act that gives rise to a civil lawsuit.
• applied ethics : the manner in which principles of ethics are incorporated into professional conduct.
• competent : able to make rational decisions about personal well-being.
• informed consent : permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
• slander : false and damaging information about a person that is communicated by the spoken word.
• depositions : oral questions asked of parties and witnesses under oath.
• negligence : failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide.
• gross negligence : conduct that constitutes a willful or reckless disregard for duty or standard of care.
• libel : false and damaging information about a person that is communicated in writing.
• implied consent : type of consent in which patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under legal assumption that he she would want treatment
• duty to act : a medico-legal term relating to certain personnel who either by statute or by function have a responsibility to provide care.
• consent : permission to render care.