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Medical term Medical Law and Ethics
An approach that encourages open reporting of errors and fixes system causes while keeping fair accountability.
Sources
- Fundamentals of Nursing, Chapter 9 Key Terms · OpenStax
Related terms
- accountabilityTaking responsibility for one's own actions and their consequences.
- health care proxyA legal document naming a person to make medical decisions if the patient cannot; also the person named.
- implied consentConsent presumed from the situation, as in an emergency when the patient cannot agree.
- informed consentA patient's voluntary agreement to a treatment after being told its purpose, risks, benefits and alternatives.
- intentional tortA wrongful act the person knew, or should have known, was wrong, such as assault, battery or false…
- justiceThe ethical principle of treating patients fairly and equitably.
- libelFalse, damaging statements about a person made in writing.
- living willA type of advance directive that lists acceptable medical treatments, especially at the end of life.
- malpracticeProfessional negligence: a professional's failure to meet the standard of care, causing injury.