Ch 05 Legal and Ethical Responsibility - KEY TERMS

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Across
  1. 4. A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights.
  2. 5. wrongful acts that do not involve contracts
  3. 6. topical
  4. 7. the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
  5. 8. quart
  6. 10. intradermal
  7. 11. document signed by the patient or legal guardian giving permission for medical or surgical care
  8. 14. When a payment for service is denied by the insurance company, an accounts receivable specialist needs to investigate the situation to determine why the payment was denied.
  9. 16. without The range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by law for a profession
  10. 17. inhalation
  11. 18. a document in which a person states his or her wishes about life support and other treatments
  12. 22. legal document in which one person appoints another person to act as an agent on his or her behalf
  13. 23. Act of harming or ruining another's reputation
  14. 26. An agreement between two or more parties that is enforceable in court
  15. 27. An illness or disorder of a beneficiary that existed before the effective date of insurance coverage.
  16. 32. revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent
  17. 34. immediate-release
  18. 35. physical or emotional harm to someone
  19. 36. A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights.
  20. 37. lozenge
  21. 38. the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
Down
  1. 1. a law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents
  2. 2. the crime of threatening a person together with the act of making physical contact with them.
  3. 3. Result of any action or series of actions that prevents any part of an information system from functioning.
  4. 4. A law that defines crimes against the public order.
  5. 5. 3 times a day
  6. 6. The payer has denied this claim because the patient is no longer covered by the insurance policy.
  7. 9. teaspoo
  8. 12. unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement
  9. 13. failure to take proper care in doing something
  10. 15. intramuscular
  11. 19. A failure to perform, as promised, at the time the performance was due.
  12. 20. quantity
  13. 21. injection
  14. 24. Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards
  15. 25. kilogram
  16. 28. intravenous
  17. 29. intranasal
  18. 30. international unit
  19. 31. infusion
  20. 33. both eyes