understanding and compassion are accompanied by an objective detachment that enables you
to act appropriately - answers✔✔empathy
a branch of philosophy that can be defined as a systematic reflection on morality. -
answers✔✔ethics
1. Identifying the problem,
2. Developing alternate solutions,
3. Selecting the best solution, and
4. Defending your selection. - answers✔✔ethical analysis
The person responsible for implementing the ethical decision - answers✔✔moral agent
enacted in 2003 under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to protect the
privacy rights of patients - answers✔✔HIPAA
June 2000 what was created for humans to read their own genetic makeup - answers✔✔human
genome project
necessary for any procedure that involves substantial risk or is considered experimental. -
answers✔✔informed consent
A civil wrong committed by one individual against the person or property of another -
answers✔✔tort
, Fine and/or imprisonment for less than 1 year, jail time, probation, community service -
answers✔✔misdemanor
Death, or imprisonment longer than 1 year - answers✔✔felony
the suing party - answers✔✔plaintiff
the party being sued - answers✔✔defendant
he unjustifiable detention of a person against his or her will. - answers✔✔false imprisonment
refers to written information - answers✔✔libel
more often applied to verbal communication - answers✔✔slander
defined as the threat of touching in an injurious way. - answers✔✔assualt
defined as unlawful touching of a person without consent. - answers✔✔battery
refers to the neglect or omission of reasonable care or caution - answers✔✔neglignace
Professional negligence; an act of negligence in the context of a relationship between a
professional person and a patient/client - answers✔✔malpractice
literally means "the thing speaks for itself. - answers✔✔res ipsa loquitur