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7 Giddens Health Care Law Flashcards

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Goals for health care law

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Define and describe the concept
Explore theoretical perspectives of health care law
Discuss the application of health care law to nursing and health care

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Health care law defined

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Collection of laws that have a direct impact on the delivery of health care or on relationships among those in the business of health care or between the providers and the recipients of health care

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Legislation

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The process of introducing, adopting, changing, or repeating law

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Regulation

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Is the process of putting laws into action through the establishment of rules

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Litigation

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Process of seeking help through the courts to address a perceived wrong

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Five traditional legal disciplines

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Tort law
Contract law
Property law
Constitutional law
Criminal law
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Tort law

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Offers relief to individuals who sustain harm from the wrongful acts of others\

Ex. Malpractice suit

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Contract law

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Governs contracts that are voluntarily and deliberate and legally binding agreements between two or more people

Ex. Performance of surgery other than what was specified

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Property law

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Governs ownership

Ex. Ownership of frozen embryos

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Constitutional law

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Deals with the interpretation and implementations of the US constitution

Ex. Right to have an abortion

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Criminal law

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Relates to crime and the prosecution by the government of a person who commits an act that is classified as a crime

Ex. Assisted suicide

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Federal laws

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Social security act of 1965
Patient self-determination act of 1991
Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996
Patient protection and affordable care act of 2010
Controlled substance act

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State laws

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Licensing of professionals 
Licensing of health care institutes 
Laws relating to public health and disease prevention 
Consent
Advanced directives
Physician assisted suicide
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State board of nursing

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The legal authority of nursing proactive and regulates nursing practice

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Professional nursing practice

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Regulated by the states; nurses must hold a state-issued license to practice nursing
Found in the scope of practice of each state

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Negligence

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Malpractice
Employer/employee liability
Criminal liability

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Malpractice

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Tort law or law of medical liability

Duty, breach, causation, and harm

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Employee/employer liability

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Vicarious liability

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