Medical, Legal, & Ethics

6. Unlawfully touching a patient such as providing care without consent.
8. A form of consent where the treatment, risks, and benefits must be explained to the patient.
9. The unilateral termination of care by a provider without the patient's consent or making provisions for continuing care.
10. A form of consent where a patient acknowledges he/she wants you to provide care or transport.
14. The right of a patient to make decisions about his/her health.
16. Minors who are married, in the armed services, and/or parents.
19. Addresses issues that arise in the practice of health care.
20. Code of conduct affecting character, conduct, and conscience.
21. Safeguards patient confidentiality and considers information to be protected health information.
23. Civil wrongs such as defamation of character or invasion of privacy.

1. Seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away by force. Example is transporting a patient against their will.
2. Unlawfully placing a patient in fear of immediate bodily harm.
3. Failure to provide the same care to a patient that a person with similar training would provide in the same or similar situation.
4. Type of negligence that constitutes willful or reckless disregard.
5. Permission to render care.
7. A form of consent that applies to patients who are mentally ill, in behavioral crisis, or developmentally delayed.
11. Type of immunity that provides limitations on liability and immunity is not complete.
12. A patient is physically or mentally harmed.
13. A form of consent that applies to patients who are unconscious or otherwise incapable of making an informed decision.
15. A provider's breach of duty causes damages.
17. Communication of false information that damages the reputation of a person. Can be written and/or spoken.
18. Obligation to provide care.
19. Type of duty when a provider doesn't act within the expected standard of care.
22. Philosophy of right and wrong, moral duties, and ideal professional behavior.