legal terminology

5. written defamation
7. a threat or attempt to injure another person
8. this describes what a health care worker is legally allowed and trained to do
11. failure to provide the expected care that another person with similar training would provide
15. spoken defamation
16. a civil wrong-doing against another person

1. permission granted by a person for a procedure after being told about risks/benefits, etc...
2. holding a patient against their will
3. literally means "bad practice"
4. keeping private information about a patient private
5. legally responsible
6. a less serious crime, punishable by less than one year in prison or a fine
9. a serious crime, punishable by a year or more in prison
10. commonly known as the "confidentiality law"
12. an agreement between two or more people; consists of three parts: offer, acceptance, and consideration
13. unlawful touching
14. any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish