MEDICAL ETHICS AND LEGAL ASPECTS

the responsibility for conduct falling below certain standard which is casual connection to the plaintiff”s injury

the science of relating to moral action or mora value

professional misconduct considered improper or immoral bye the profession as a whole

1 maintain proper and current level of skill 2 maintain safety of the patient 3 confidentiality is a must 4 refrain from the immoral or legal practice

something for something arrangement . contract between the care services

skill and learning commonly possessed by members of the profession

failure to acts as an ordinary prudent person; conduct contrary to that of a reasonable person under a specific circumstances ( breach of duty)

failing to do your duties

doing your duties but doing it wrong

doing things beyond the scope of the practice

Legal term for negligence by a professional. Professional misconduct, improper discharge of professional duties or a failure to meet the STANDARD OF CARE by a professional which results in harm to another.

l. Overlooked sponges, instruments, needles etc.: 2. Burns: 3. Falls: 4. Wrong medications or wrong dosage: 5. Defects in apparatus/equipment: 6. Failure to observe symptoms: 7. Abandonment: 8. Stepping beyond one’s authority: 9. Failure to communicate when necessary: 10. Infections due to negligence:

A legal or civil wrong committed by one person against the person or property of another.

1.Assault and Battery: Assault = A threat to do bodily harm. Battery = An executed assault. Committing bodily harm. 2.Improper Handling of Defenseless Patients. 3.False Imprisonment: 4.Invasion of Privacy: The patient has the right to be “left alone” to live in seclusion without being subjected to unwarranted or undesired publicity. 5. Defamation: (Slander and Libel.)

SPEAKING falsely about another with resulting injury to his/her reputation. (Oral Defamation.)

Defamatory words that are PRINTED, WRITTEN or PUBLISHED which affect the character or reputation of another in that it tends to hold him/her up to ridicule, contempt, shame, disgrace or to degrade him/her in the estimation of the community. (Written defamation.)

Discussion of: THE PATIENTS’ Bill of Rights/Patient Care Partnership. Both are published by the American Hospital Association (AHA). (See attached)

a claim to which man is entitled

The obligation to disclose details for evaluation; commonly used to mean “to be held responsible for.

voluntary statement of facts sworn to be true before an authority.

A statement one expects to prove true.

Intentional nonconsensual touching.

In good faith or innocently

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