Across
- 3. preserving the legal right of a patient to privacy concerning his or her medical affairs
- 9. prediction of the possible outcome of a disease and the potential for recovery
- 10. of practice- a description or list of skills that a specific occupational title is legally allowed to perform
- 12. pandemic- rapidly spreading diseases that attack many people at the same time
- 13. medications or procedures used to control or cure a disease or injury
- 15. the study of the form and structure of an organism
- 16. the study of why diseases occur and how the body reacts to them
- 17. failure to meet the standard of care that can be reasonably expected from a person with certain training and experiences
- 18. a legal charge for defamation of character committed in a spoken form
Down
- 1. to give permission; permission that is given
- 2. a designation that means a person has been granted permission to legally perform certain acts
- 4. process of determining whether a person has met predetermined standards
- 5. a facility or service that offers palliative care and support to dying patients and their families
- 6. and symptoms- objective and subjective data; evidence reported by healthcare provider by a patient
- 7. system- a measurement system that is used infrequently except for a measurement of weight
- 8. determines one's inherited characteristics
- 9. terminology- a language used by healthcare professionals that includes specialized terms and alternatives
- 11. therapy- the insertion of normal DNA into cells to correct a genetic defect or to treat certain diseases
- 13. system- a measurement system based on common household items used to measure length, volume, and weight
- 14. system- a measurement system based on tens; basic units are length, volume, and weight