1. Legal Term Review

2. liable Legally responsible

3. confidential Private or secret

4. malpractice Bad/harmful practice that injures another person

5. negligence Failure to perform duties in a reasonable and customary way

6. libel Communicating something untruthful and harmful about another person in writing

7. ethics Dealing with what is good or bad, determining moral duty and obligation

8. jurisprudent Understanding the science or philosophy of law

9. moral Relating to principles of right or wrong

10. legal Deriving authority from or founded on law

11. negligence Failure to execute the care that is reasonable/prudent person exercises

12. slander Verbally communicating something untruthful and harmful about another person

13. Assault A threat or an attempt to injure another person in an illegal manner

14. Civil law Defines the legal relationships between individuals

15. battery Unlawful touching of another person w/o consent, with or w/o injury

16. breach Breaking the law, an obligation, or the terms of a contract

17. will Written document that allows person to distribute property after death

18. Illegal restraint Holding or detaining a person against his will

19. Crime Performing an act that is forbidden

20. ethics Standards of behavior

21. unethical Action that does not represent ideal behavior but may not be illegal

22. Criminal Law Defines the legal obligation between individual and state

23. tort Civil wrong

24. Invasion of privacy Unlawfully making known to the public any private/personal information w/o the consent of the wronged person

25. Privileged communication Personal private info relating to the care given by HCW

26. Duty of care By law, health care workers must perform services in a manner that meets common standards of practice

27. Reasonable care Services given in a manner appropriate to the level of education/experience of the HCW

28. living will A legal document that a person uses to make known his or her wishes regarding life- prolonging medical treatments

29. Power of attorney A document that allows you to appoint a person or organization to handle your affairs while you're unavailable or unable to do so.

30. DNR A document is a binding legal document that states resuscitation should not be attempted if a person suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest