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Flashcards by Elizabeth Then, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elizabeth Then
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Deposition meaning | taking sworn testimoney of a witness outside of court |
| Torts definition | violations against an individual a wrong |
| Assault definition (torts) | crime of violence against another person |
| Battery - intentional torts | intentionally causing harm to another person |
| False imprisonment- Torts intentional | confinement without legal authority |
| Defamation definition | false statment that injuries someones reputation |
| Invasion of privacy | right to control information about yourself |
| Negligence | failure to act with prudence, that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances |
| Liability | state of being legally obliged and responsible |
| Plaintiff | party who initiates the lawsuit |
| Defendant | required to answer the complaint |
| Subpoena | court order commanding a person or entity either to surrender documents to court |
| Perjury | lying or making verifiably false statement under oath |
| Jury | body of person convened to render a verdict on a legal qeustion |
| ACORN negligence | legally, professionally, ethically accountable for all their actions in delivering care |
| responsibility vs accountability | responsibility - act one undertakes accountability - higher level of responsibility, why care is expected |
| How do we asses breach of duty of care? | 4 principles: did the duty of care exist? was the conduct below expected standard? did the breach result in damage to the pt? could this damage have been foreseen? |
| omission and commission | omission - something was not done commission - something was done that should have not been done |
| Informed consent | voluntary cover act performed legal capacity |
| surgical consent purposes | ethical, legal, practical |
| legal principles that underpin consent | implied, verbal, written |
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