ILCTE Lesson Healthcare Ethics & Laws

Civil law- concerned with the relationships between people

Criminal law- laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general

Crime- act that violates a criminal law

Defamation- injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person

Ethics- Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct

False imprisonment- unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement

Fraud- doing something to trick, fool or deceive a person

Informed consent- process by which a person receives and understands information about a treatment, procedure and can decide if he or she will receive it

Intimate partner violence (IPV)- violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual relationship

Invasion of privacy- violating a person's right not to have his or her name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent

Libel- a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation, i.e. newspaper, text, tv, online

Malpractice- Negligence by a professional person

Negligence- failure to take proper care in doing something (dropping dentures)

Slander- the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation. (rumors)

Professional boundary- that which separates helpful behaviors from behaviors that are not helpful

Professional sexual misconduct- an act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature

Vulnerable adult- a person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged