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Here are some terms and their definitions from the notes:
Autonomy: The concept that patients are to be treated as individuals and informed about procedures to facilitate appropriate decisions.
Ethics: The system or code of conduct and morals advocated by a particular individual or group.
Whistleblowing: Reporting concerns about unsafe conditions or poor-quality care to one's employer, to a national or state agency responsible for regulation of the institution, or to law enforcement in case of criminal activity.
Managed care: Any type of delivery and reimbursement system that monitors or controls types, quality, use, and costs of health care.
Defamation: The making of a false statement to a third party that is harmful to another's reputation. Defamatory statements may concern patients, family members, visitors, other employees, or physicians.
Assault: A deliberate act wherein one person threatens to harm another without consent and the victim believes the attacker has the ability to carry out the threat.
Slippery slope: When one act leads to another and then to another at an accelerating rate.
Quality assurance: A process to assess quality of patient care that uses hospital committees to oversee the quality of various hospital functions.
Due process: The constitutional right that protects individuals from arbitrary decisions by government, including those regarding education, and provides a path of recourse. It requires that specific procedures be followed in bringing charges against a person to ensure fairness.
Beneficence: Performance of good acts.
Health care proxy: A document (legal instrument) with which a patient appoints an agent to legally make healthcare decisions on behalf of the patient, when he or she is incapable of making and executing the healthcare decisions stipulated in the proxy.
Res ipsa loquitur: Latin term meaning "the thing speaks for itself." It is a legal concept invoked in situations in which a particular injury could not have occurred in the absence of negligence.
Medical negligence (malpractice): A breach of the health care provider's obligation to follow the appropriate standard of care, which results in harm to the patient.
Statutory law: Law including all laws enacted by federal, state, county, and city governments.
Respondeat superior: Latin term meaning "let the master answer." A legal doctrine that holds an employer or principal legally responsible for the wrongful acts of an employee or agent, if such acts occur within the scope of the employment or agency.
Malpractice: Professional negligence that is a cause of injury or harm to patient.
Battery: Touching to which the victim has not consented.
Liability: Something a person is obligated to do or an obligation required to be fulfilled by law; OR a person or thing whose presence or behavior is likely to cause embarrassment or put one at a disadvantage.
Consent Forms: Useful tools to help inform patients about procedures and document consent.
Negligence: An unintentional tort involving duty, breach of duty, injury, and causation.
Common law: Law encompassing principles and rules based on ancient usages and customs.
Veracity: The obligation to tell the truth and not to lie or deceive others.
Living will: A written statement detailing a person's desires regarding their medical treatment in circumstances in which they are no longer able to express informed consent, especially an advance directive.