1. Legal Terms

2. Negligence
Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person

3. Torts
wrongful acts that do not involve contracts

4. Malpractice
failure of a professional to use the degree of skill expected in that profession that results in injury, loss or damage to the person receiving care

5. Defamation
False statements cause the persons reputation to be damaged

6. Fals e Imprisonment
restraining an individual from their freedom

7. Assault
threat or attempt to injure

8. Battery
unlawful touching of another person

9. Informed Consent
permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of a sound mind for a procedure after all risk have been explained

10. Living Will
legal document that allows individuals to state the medical treatment they do or do not want

11. Durable Power of Attorney (POA)
permits an individual to appoint another person to make decisions regarding health care

12. Patients Bill of Rights
Policies or factors of care that patients can expect to receive

13. HIPAA Federal protection of patients healthcare information
Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act

14. Civil Law
focuses on legal relationships between people

15. Criminal Law
focuses on wrongs against person, property, or society

16. Legal Disability
someone who has a legal disability but does not have legal capacity to form a contract
All parties entering a contract must be free of a legal disability
Examples: minors, incompetent individuals, altered mental status, under the influence, semiconscious or unconscious

17. Implied Contracts
obligations that are understood without verbally expressed terms