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| Taking responsibility for your actions, being answerable to someone for something you have done |
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| A manner of thought or feeling expressed in a person's behavior |
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| Independence, personal liberty |
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| A set of standards for behavior based on values |
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| Protecting the privacy of any confidential information, either spoken or written |
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| Monetary compensation awarded by a court for an injury caused by the act of another |
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| The person against whom a civil or criminal action is brought |
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| Pretrial statement of a witness under oath, taken in question-and-answer form, as it would be in court, with opportunity given to the adversary to be present to cross-examine |
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| Seeing a difference; prejudicial treatment of a person |
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| Capacity to share and understand the feelings or ideas of another |
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| Behavior that is based on values (beliefs); how we make judgments in regard to right and wrong |
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| All the means by which any alleged matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted to investigation at trial, is established or disproved; evidence includes the testimony of witnesses and the introduction of records, documents, exhibits, objects, or any other substantiating matter offered for the purpose of inducing belief in the party's contention by the judge or jury |
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| A witness who hs special knowledge of the subject about which he or she is to testify; the knowledge must generally be such as is not normally possessed by the average person |
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| A sexually oriented atmosphere or pattern of behavior that is determined to be sexual harassment |
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| A nonexplicit agreement that impacts some aspect of the employment relationship |
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| A doctrine that states that before a paitent is asked to consent to a risky or invasive diagnostic or treatment procedure he or she is entitled to receive certain information: (1) a description of the procedure, (2) any alternatives to it and their risks, (3) the risks of death or serious bodily disability from the procedure, (4) the probable results of the procedure, including any problems of recuperation and time of recuperation anticipated, and (5) anything else that is generally disclosed to patients asked to consent to the procedure |
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| The condition of being responsible either for damages resulting from on injurious act or from discharging an obligation or debt |
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| Professional negligence of a health care professional; failure to meet a professional standard of care, resulting in harm to another; for example, failure to provide "good and accepted medical care" |
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| Failure to satisfactorily perform one's legal duty, such that another person incurs some injury |
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| Principles; underlying conduct |
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| The person who brings a lawsuit against another |
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| Involves making conditions of employment (hiring, promotion, retention) contingent on the victim providing sexual favors |
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| Respondeat Superior (Latin) |
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| "Let the master answer." Legal doctrine that imposes liability upon the employer. Note: The employee is also liable for his or her own actions |
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| Holding a person in esteem or honor; having appreciation and regard for another |
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| A legal description of what a specific health professional may and may not do |
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| Unwanted, unwelcome behavior sexual in nature |
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| The legal duty one owes to another according to the circumstances of a particular case; it is the care that a reasonable and prudent person would have exercised in the given situation |
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| The legal duty one owes to another according to the circumstances of a particular case; it is the care that a reasonable and prudent person would have exercised in the given situation |
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| A law passed by the legislature and signed by the governor at the state level and the president at the federal level |
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| The time within which a plaintiff must bring a civil suit; the limit varies depending upon the type of suit, and it is set by the various state legislatures |
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| Use of discretion regarding feelings of others |
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| A wrong against another person or his property that is not a crime but for which the law provides a remedy |
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| Personal beliefs about the worth of a principle, standard, or quality; what one holds as most important |
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| Examination of our value system |
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| Moral values regarding work |
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| Adult Protective Services |
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| Child Protective Services |
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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
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| no information, no publication |
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