Ethics and Law
Across
- 3. providing information with knowledge that is incorrect
- 4. a commitment to act a certain way on the basis of religious beliefs moral values or a particular code of conduct
- 6. used to refer to the set of laws that protect society
- 7. the person or entity that makes the complaint
- 10. failure to continue to provide medical care to a patient without proper notification
- 13. the person or entity against whom a lawsuit is brought
- 14. confining a person without legal authority
- 15. failure to act with reasonable prudence in a situation
- 16. deliberate deception carried out to secure unfair or unlawful gain
- 18. a document executed by a person that gives medical professionals instructions about how he or she wishes to be treated in the event of becoming incompetent
- 20. a claim that is expected to be honored
- 21. touching another person or property without permission in a way that will cause pain, injury or damage
- 22. doing the best possible
- 23. threat to touch another person or his or her property without permission in a way that will cause pain injury or damage
Down
- 1. legal inability to consent to medical treatment decisions
- 2. doing no harm in any treatment given
- 4. making a false claim that may harm a persons reputation
- 5. responsibility for injury even if there was no negligence
- 8. a person who intercedes on behalf of another person
- 9. comprises the laws that deal with relationships and disputes between individuals and groups of people
- 11. the right to make independent decisions about their healthcare without coercion by others
- 12. consent based on the understanding of a medical procedure and its possible outcomes
- 17. legal responsibility
- 19. public disclosure of private information