Unit 1 Vocab

Knowing right versus wrong

• Slander

• Ethics

• Tort

• Liable

A document expressing a patient's wishes when they are unable to themselves

• Tort

• Informed Consent

• Malpractice

• Living Will

The rules that apply when someone commits a crime

• Ethics

• Informed consent

• Criminal laws

• Civil laws

A wrong committed against a person or their property

• Tort

• Slander

• Battery

• Defamation

Unintentional wrong

• Fraud

• Negligence

• Tort

• Abandonment

An unintentional wrong by a professional person

• Fraud

• Tort

• Battery

• Malpractice

Acts that are meant to be harmful

• Intentional tort

• Liable

• Informed consent

• Negligence

The rules that apply when a person sues a person or business

• Living Will

• Patient Care Partnership

• Civil laws

• Criminal laws

Injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements about them

• Liable

• Defamation

• Fraud

• Invasion of Privacy

Making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures

• Liable

• Slander

• Battery

• Assault