Unit 4 Vocabulary

6. Budget Reconciliation Act Passed in 1987 in response to reports of poor care and abuse in long-term care facilities
7. reflected in people's personal beliefs about what is right and wrong conduct.
9. health care workers respect patients' dignity and rights, including their right to make decisions regarding their health care.
11. Bill of Rights additional rights for residents in long-term health care facilities
13. health care workers treat patients equally and without discrimination.
14. health care workers maintain confidentiality of patients' health information.
15. actions or the failure to act or provide proper care for a person, resulting in unintended injury.
16. use to maintain safety for patients and health care workers
17. Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protects patients and their personal information
18. dilemmas dilemmas that involve health care and biological sciences.
20. health care workers care for patients according to their profession's scope of practice.
21. rules of conduct enacted and enforced by governments.

1. dilemmas occur when moral beliefs conflict.
2. investigate and solve complaints, monitor and enforce government regulations, and provide education to health care workers about caring for the elderly; works with patients and family
3. health care workers communicate with patients truthfully.
4. health care workers refrain from harming patients.
5. release, transfer, or provision of access to protected health information
8. Health Information any individually identifiable health information about a patient example patient diagnosis
10. any action that causes physical harm, pain or mental distress
12. health care workers' promote patients' health and wellbeing.
19. rules of proper conduct among a group of people, such as a religion or profession.