Across
- 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
Down
- 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