Understanding Legal Definitions
Match the term to the definition.
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Topics of this game:
- Focuses on crime; Deals w/ wrongs against a person, property or society
- Focuses on the legal relationships bet. People & the protection of a person’s rights;
- Wrongful act that does not involve a contract.
- “bad practice”; failure to follow set standards resulting in harm
- Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, results in harm
- Threat or attempt to injure
- Unlawful touching of another person without consent
- Permission granted voluntarily by a person of sound mind after risks have been explained
- Unnecessarily exposing an individual or revealing personal information about them w/o consent
- Restraining or restricting an individual’s freedom
- Any care that results in physical harm, pain or mental anguish
- Hitting, forcing people against their will, restraining movement, depriving people of food/water
- Speaking harshly, swearing or shouting
- Threatening harm, denying rights, intimidating or ridiculing
- Any unwanted sexual touching or act, using sexual gestures or suggesting sexual behavior
- False statements either cause a person to be ridiculed or damage their reputation
- Defamation that is spoken
- Defamation that is written
- An agreement between two or more parties. Three parts: offer, acceptance, consideration.
- Obligations that are understood without verbally expressed terms.
- Stated in distinct & clear language, either orally or in writing.
- Does not have the legal capacity to form a contract
- Responsible for the actions of the agent eg: employer - principal, worker - agent
- Person who works under the direction of or control of another. Employer – principal, worker – agent.
- All information given to HCP shared only w/ other members of pt’s healthcare team.
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