Created by Elizabeth Then
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Question | Answer |
Deposition meaning | taking sworn testimoney of a witness outside of court |
Torts definition | violations against an individual a wrong |
Assault definition (torts) | crime of violence against another person |
Battery - intentional torts | intentionally causing harm to another person |
False imprisonment- Torts intentional | confinement without legal authority |
Defamation definition | false statment that injuries someones reputation |
Invasion of privacy | right to control information about yourself |
Negligence | failure to act with prudence, that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances |
Liability | state of being legally obliged and responsible |
Plaintiff | party who initiates the lawsuit |
Defendant | required to answer the complaint |
Subpoena | court order commanding a person or entity either to surrender documents to court |
Perjury | lying or making verifiably false statement under oath |
Jury | body of person convened to render a verdict on a legal qeustion |
ACORN negligence | legally, professionally, ethically accountable for all their actions in delivering care |
responsibility vs accountability | responsibility - act one undertakes accountability - higher level of responsibility, why care is expected |
How do we asses breach of duty of care? | 4 principles: did the duty of care exist? was the conduct below expected standard? did the breach result in damage to the pt? could this damage have been foreseen? |
omission and commission | omission - something was not done commission - something was done that should have not been done |
Informed consent | voluntary cover act performed legal capacity |
surgical consent purposes | ethical, legal, practical |
legal principles that underpin consent | implied, verbal, written |
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