2 LEGAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY Certain laws and responsibilities protect us in all aspects of our lives. (e.g., school rules, dress codes, traffic laws, etc.) Legal responsibilities in health care Chapter 4. Introduction 24.10.2015 Every aspect of our lives is subject to certain laws or legal responsibilities. 4 LEGAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY Criminal law (crime): Injustice to a person, property or society. (Example: practice of a health profession without a license, drug abuse, theft, murder, etc.) 3 LEGAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY Legal responsibilities are based on the law and must be respected. Federal, state and local governments enforce the laws. Health care workers must follow all laws that affect health care, and they must also know and follow the state laws that govern their license or registration. (This is a set of standards for their profession to prevent a lawsuit.) What for? Compliance with legal obligations protects you, your employer and the patient. Section F Legal and ethical perspectives. Professional misconduct Any improper practice given to a patient by a health care provider. 7 *COMMON UNLAWFUL ACTS: “bad practice”; “professional negligence”; the inability of a professional to apply the knowledge or skills acquired, and an injury occurs or there is loss or damage to the person being cared for. Professional misconduct (example: a nurse performs surgery; the doctor accidentally cuts the patient`s bladder by removing the appendix.) 20 * COMMON ILLEGAL ACTS Bodily injury and battery: Battery: is the illegal touching of a person without consent. (Battery example: A paramedic forces an accident victim into the ambulance when the victim told the paramedic that they did not need help and did not want the paramedic to touch them.) Basic principles of SC`s legal and ethical guidance notes (2).docx.
Chapter 5 Ethical and Legal Aspects of Health Informatics.ppt SPD 550 Required Components of the Transition %22Alex Case Study%22.pptx. 16 *COMMON OFFENCES Defamation: False oral information; Lies. (Example: Tell your friends that your neighbor is throwing a wild party and that her group of church youth is cooking at home for a homeless shelter.) Defamation: Lone Star College System, North Harris • LGLA 2303 10 * COMMON WRONGS: Beating, forcing against will, withholding movements, withholding food and/or water, failing to provide physical supplies. Physical violence (p. e.g., beating a child because they are constantly pulling on their intravenous bandage). LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE RESEARCH 7013.9 *COMMON CRIMES Health care providers should look for signs and symptoms of abuse: bruises, fractures, burns, poor personal hygiene, personality change, irrational fears, aggressiveness, withdrawal, statements indicating abuse or neglect. ANY abuse must be reported by health care workers to their immediate supervisor. CHAPTER 4 LEGAL ETHICS Lancaster High School Mrs. Carpenter Health Tech Prep 1.
College of Nursing Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad • NURS 123 University of California, Los Angeles • COMM M117. 15 *COMMON OFFENSES 2 Types of defamation: “Defamation” = Spoken lies “Slander” = Lies called “Slander” = Lies written against 22 * COMMON ILLEGAL ACTS VIOLATION OF PRIVACY: STD Example: If you leave the patient`s file open and a visitor sees that the patient has a sexually transmitted disease. Pakistan College of Nursing, Islamabad. 17 *COMMON OFFENCES Defamation: Written and false information; Lies. Defamation: (Example: A dentist writes a letter to a newspaper editor claiming that a patient is a big baby and never pays his bills.) 18 *COMMON CRIMINAL ACTS Negligence: Example: Improper use of a heating block or hot water and the patient burns himself, leaves side rails on the bed or leaves armrests on the dentist`s chair) Failure, to provide the care usually expected, resulting in injuries to a person. (Example: The patient falls out of bed because the side grilles have not been installed) 19 *COMMON ILLICIT ACTS Attack and battery: is the threat or attempt to injure himself. Personal injury: (Example of an attack: threatens to beat a patient if the patient does not cooperate.).
