Matching-Legal and Ethical Responsiblities Worksheet

`A set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong.
information about the patient must remain private and can be shared only. with other members of the patient's health care team
Legal documents that allow individuals to state what medical treatment they want or do not want in the event that they want or do not want in the event that they become incapacitated and re unable to express their wishes regarding medical care.
to inform patients of their rights regarding decisions toward their own medical care,
Documents that allow individuals to state what measures should or should not be taken prolong life when their conditions are terminal.
A document that permits an individual to appoint another person to make any decisions regarding health care if the principal should become unable to make decisions
basic rule of conduct between patients and medical caregivers as well as the institutions and people that support them
law that promotes places to have a strong emphasis on individual dignity and self-determination.
Whatever is communicated between these pairs of parties shall remain confidential, and the law cannot force disclosure of these communications.
records contain information about your health compiled and maintained by each of your healthcare providers.
a person works to protect the interests of their employers.
a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
an agreement created by actions of the parties involved, but it is not written or spoken.
An exchange of promises in which the terms by which the parties agree to be bound are declared either orally or in writing,
a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another,
he crime of threatening a person together with the act of making physical contact with them.
the action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.
permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.