Intro Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

______: Any care that results in physical harm or pain, or mental anguish.

A legal document designed to indicate a person’s wishes regarding care in case of a terminal illness or during the dying process.

Someone who has the power or authority to act as the representative of another.

Includes a threat or attempt to injure.

Includes the unlawful touching of another person without consent.

______ : Laws that focus on the legal relationships between people and the protection of a person’s rights.

______ (con"-fih-den-chee"-ahl'-ih-tee): The act of keeping information private and protected.

A list of patient’s rights, implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services, that must be recognized and honored by health care providers.

To shorten, decrease in size, or draw together; an agreement between two or more persons.

Law that focuses on behavior known as crime; deals with the wrongs against a person, property, or society.