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Ethics
Wrong and right conduct
Negligence
Most common type of medical tort liability
Defendant
The person being sued
Abandonment
When a doctor stops the care of a patient without reasonable notice of discharge from the case.
Assault
An attack or threat to do bodily injury to another
Reasonable care
The health worker is protected by law if it can be determined that he or she acted reasonable as compared with fellow workers.
Malpractice
Negligence by a professional person
Crime
Act that violates criminal law.
Breach
Breaking of the law, promise, or duty
Empathy
The ability to see things from another persons point of view.
Statute of Limitations
Time established for filing law suits
Subpoena
A writ that commands a witness to appear at a trial or other proceedings and to give testimony.
Tort
A wrong committed against another or the persons property.
False Imprisonment
Holding or detaining a person against his will.
Invasion of Privacy
A violation of a persons right not to have his name, photo, or private affairs exposed of and made public with out giving consent.
Felony
A major crime for which greater punishment is imposed.
Plaintiff
One who institutes a lawsuit.
Will
A legal statement of how an individual's property is to be distributed after death.
Privileged Communication
Information given by a patient to medical personnel which cannot be disclosed without consent of the person who gave it.
Law
A rule made by a government body.
Consent
Permission
Defamation
Injuring the name and reputation of another person by making false statements to a third person.
Contract
An agreement between two or more parties of the doing or not doing something.
Incompetent
Lack of physical or mental wellness.
Judgment
The final decision of a court.
Respondent Superior
Responsibility of an employer for the acts of an employee
Non Compos Mentis
latin for Not of sound mind
Emancipation
The act of releasing or freeing; when used in reference to a minor, it means that a child is no longer under parental control
Medical Grievance Committee
An impartial panel established to listen to and investigate patients complaints about medical care or excessive fees.
Res Gestae
latin for Things done; deeds
Deposition
Testimony of a witness under oath and written down before trial for possible use when the case comes to trial.
Civil Law
A statute that enforces private right and liabilities, as differentiated from criminal law.
Breach of Duty
Violation or omission of a legal or moral duty.
Battery
A deliberate physical attack upon a person.
Qui facit per alium facit per se
latin for He who acts through another acts for himself.
Bioethics
The study of moral issues, questions, and problems arising in the practice of medicine and in biomedical research.
Expert Testimony
A statement given by an expert in the matter at hand.
Contributory Negligence
A patients failure to act prudently and reasonably.
Assumption of Risk
Consent to treatment based of full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of that treatment.
Medical Etiquette
Conduct, courtesy, and manners customary in the medical profession.
Suspend
To interrupt or discontinue a suit temporarily with intention for resumption at a later date.
Res Judicata
latin for Things decided
Proximate Cause
That which in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new independent cause, produce an event, and without which the injury would not have occurred.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
latin for The thing speaks for itself
Breach of Contract
Failure to achieve an agreed upon result, even when the highest degree of skill has been used.
libel
Defamation through written statements is
litigation
a lawsuit is
proximate cause
an intenational preversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right is called
slander
defamation through spoken statements is
contributory negligence
failure to act prudently and reasonable, or doing that which a reasonable person would not do under the same or similar circumstances is called
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