Medical Legal Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. written documentation by a physician giving permission to medical personnel not to attempt resuscitation in the event of a cardiac arrest
  2. 4. written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions
  3. 6. false and damaging information about a person that is communicated in writing
  4. 8. failure to provide the same care a person with similar training would provider
  5. 9. type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the assumption that he or she would want treatment
  6. 11. unlawfully touching a patient or providing care without consent
  7. 12. unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm
  8. 14. permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the risks, benefits, and alternatives have been explained
Down
  1. 1. termination of care by the EMT without transferring care
  2. 2. a type of advanced directive that appoints another individual to make medical decisions for that patient in the event that person cannot make decisions
  3. 3. the communication of false information about a person that is damaging to that person's reputation
  4. 5. able to make rational decisions about personal well-being
  5. 7. false and damaging information about a person that is spoken
  6. 10. a type of consent in which a patient gives verbal or nonverbal authorization for treatment
  7. 13. wrongful acts that give rise to a civil lawsuit
  8. 15. ability to understand and process information and make a choice regarding appropriate medical care