The Law and Health Care

Restraints

________: can be mechanical, environmental, physical, or chemical.

Unintentional Tort

________: when the act causes physical or emotional damage but was not deliberate or calculated.

Reminder advisement

________: can advertise drugs using the brand name but can not mention directly their uses.

Negligence

________: same is a type of torte law.

Good Samaritan Law

________: protect anyone who offers help to a distressed person if something goes wrong.

Essential services

________ do not have the right to strike and must submit any disputes to arbitrations.

Litigation

________ and the duty of care: consider the standard of competency that a "reasonable person "is expected to meet.

Disease

________- oriented ads: instead of using a brand name they discuss a condition and say they should ask their doctors.

individual

Every ________ is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection.

employee employer

A union: is an organization that represents and advocated for its members usually regarding ________ issues.

Health records

________ are to secure and safe.

Oral Consent

________: spoken over the phone or in person.

Death

________ is reasonable and foreseeable.

Dear John Letter

________: written document stating the termination of care.

Legislation

________: laws by the provincial or territorial legislature or by parliament.

Whistle Blowing

________: someone who reports misconduct to organizations willing to take corrective action.

apology

A(n) ________ is not an admission of fault.

Regular checks

________ are done to make sure pharmacies are doing when they can to prevent narcotics from getting into the wrong hands.

Regulatory Law

________: a form of law that possesses the legally binding feature of an act, since it is usually made under the authority of an act.

Electronic records

________ are to be encrypted software and password protection.

Constitutional Law

________: addresses the relationship between the people and their government, it establishes, allocated, and limits public power.

human error

When a(n) ________ occurs the patients have the right to know all relevant facts.

Cumulative profile

________: diagnostic report, consultation reports, and history sheets.

Parliament

They are not made by the ________ or the province but by the tribunal or administrative agency.

healthcare provider

When a(n) ________ fails to meet the standards of care provided for their profession.

physical aggression

In Healthcare it is typically seen as ________ or forcing unwanted medication treatment.

Credit records

________, loan records, the existence of a dispute between a consumer and a merchant, and intention to require goods of service.

Written Consent

________: signed by the patient, dated, and witnessed.

Instructional directives

________: can be either specific or general, they outline a persons requests in presumed circumstances.

Health insurance

________ can not be bought for medically necessary procedures.

Intentional Tort

________: when a harmful act is deliberate.

Environmental Health officers

________ have also been created and given the authority to assess, screen, and detain others who pose to be a health risk.

Electronic Medical Records

________: housed in one facility and only affect care at the one facility.

Proxy Directives

________: general instructions are given, however, the decision maker has the latitude to make decisions on a situational basis.

Private Law

________: matters concerning relationships people or legal entities.

Public & Private Law

Classifications of Law: ________ /Tort Law: when a person or their property is wronged or damaged both intentionally or not.

health records

When ________ are stored the patient must always know who has their records.

Constitutional Law

addresses the relationship between the people and their government, it establishes, allocated, and limits public power

legislation

laws by the provincial or territorial legislature or by parliament

Ethics

what you should and should not do

Laws

what you can and can not do

Statutory Law

laws passed in Parliament (federal) or in the provincial/territorial legislatures

Regulatory Law

a form of law that possesses the legally binding feature of an act, since it is usually made under the authority of an act

Common Law or Case Law

is based on a judge who decided by consulting with previous court decisions, historically established laws, interpretations, and other principles not outlined in the statutory law

Classifications of Law

Public & Private Law

Public Law

matter between an individual and society as a whole

Private Law

matters concerning relationships people or legal entities

Intentional Tort

when a harmful act is deliberate

Unintentional Tort

when the act causes physical or emotional damage but was not deliberate or calculated

Negligence

same is a type of torte law

litigation and the duty of care

consider the standard of competency that a "reasonable person" is expected to meet

Occupational Health and Safety

Objectives

Occupational Health and Safety

Compensation Boards

Reminder advisement

can advertise drugs using the brand name but cannot mention directly their uses

Disease-oriented ads

instead of using a brand name they discuss a condition and say they should ask their doctors

Section 7

life liberty and security of person

Section 15

Equality

Instructional directives

can be either specific or general, they outline a persons requests in presumed circumstances

Proxy Directives

general instructions are given, however, the decision maker has the latitude to make decisions on a situational basis

informed consent

understanding, consenting to, the treatment and its foreseeable risks

Informed

understand the procedure or treatment

voluntary

must not feel compelled or pressured

can be written or oral

it indicates a clear choice on the part of the patient

Written Consent

signed by the patient, dated, and witnessed

Oral Consent

spoken over the phone or in person

Implied Consent

because the individual seeks the care of a physician or other healthcare provider

Ones health record contains

numerous and varied reports including an admission sheet, patient history, medication records, diagnostic reports, medical or surgical records, flow sheets, and interdisciplinary notes

cumulative profile

diagnostic report, consultation reports, and history sheets

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

protects personal information preserved for the private sector

defines personal information

as information about an identifiable individual

Electronic Medical Records

housed in one facility and only affect care at the one facility

Electronic Health Records

provide the "bigger picture"

A union

is an organization that represents and advocated for its members usually regarding employee-employer issues

Dear John Letter

written document stating the termination of care

Restraints

can be mechanical, environmental, physical, or chemical

Good Samaritan Law

protect anyone who offers help to a distressed person if something goes wrong

Whistle Blowing

someone who reports misconduct to organizations willing to take corrective action