Legal Terminology

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Across
  1. 2. a legal document that explains how you want medical decisions about you to be made if you cannot make the decisions yourself.
  2. 5. use of documentary materials related to treatment or condition of a patient.
  3. 6. any act of a sexual nature performed in a criminal manner
  4. 7. A form of emotional abuse consisting of the use of abusive and demeaning language with a spouse, child, or elder, often by a caregiver or other person in a position of power.
  5. 9. any act resulting in a nonaccidental physical injury
  6. 12. any act or omission by a physician during treatment of a patient that deviates from accepted norms of practice in the medical community and causes an injury to the patient
  7. 14. When a nursing staff member makes a statement that causes the resident to feel emotional pain, distress, or fear, it is an act of verbal abuse.
  8. 16. when a doctor fails to meet the required professional standard of care and his or her negligence causes patient harm.
Down
  1. 1. is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.
  2. 3. instructs health care providers not to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient's breathing stops or if the patient's heart stops beating.
  3. 4. Defaming the character of another by means of the written word.
  4. 8. intentional touching without permission.
  5. 10. Defaming the character of another through injurious speech.
  6. 11. type of advance directive that states the specific types of medical care that a person wishes to receive
  7. 13. The unlawful placing of an individual in apprehension of immediate bodily harm without his or her consent.
  8. 15. allow the person's estate to sue the hospital and be awarded damages for the beneficiaries of the deceased.