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Various legal and healthcare terms including the presumption of innocence, rights of healthcare workers, difference between criminal and civil law, notifiable diseases, duty of care, and more. It provides definitions for each term and explains their significance.
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This presumption requires that the law must treat any accused person as innocent until proven guilty. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 The right to question an employers instruction The right to receive compensation for all work related incidents Right to a fair hearing Right not to be discriminated against on grounds of race and sex TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Criminal laws are rules of behaviour backed by the sanction of punishment. Civil laws exist to enable the general public to solve differences or disputes of a personal or property nature that may arise between members of the community that they are unwilling or unable to settle themselves. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Summary offences include: Traffic offences, drunk and disorderly, drug offences, vagrancy, and some assaults. Indictable offences include: murder, theft or conspiracy. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 The coroners responsibility is to determine the identity of the person deceased.
The identity of the deceased person The cause of death In certain cases, the circumstances in which the death occurred TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 Registering nursing and midwifery practitioners and students Developing standards, codes and guidelines for the nursing and midwifery profession Handling notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings Assessing overseas trained practitioners who wish to practice in Australia Approving accreditation standards and accredited courses of study TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 schedule 2: Poisons for the therapeutic use which are available to the public only from pharmacies or where pharmacy service are not available from people licensed to sell these poisons. schedule 3: Poisons for therapeutic use which are dangerous or liable to abuse. Their availability to the public is restricted to supply by pharmacist and medical practitioner, dentist and veterinary surgeons. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 Group A: Anthrax, Botulism, Cholera.Group B: Q fever, Rubella, Ross river virus infection.Group C: Donovanosis, Gonococcal infection, Syphilis Congenital. Group D: AIDS, HIV. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 The employer is held to be vicariously liable for the acts of the employee however the employee must know the employers protocols, policies and procedures. If they are unclear always clarify them and have them stated in writing. At law, is it acceptable to claim no knowledge of these documents?NO
Assault is an act that creates and apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful or offensive contact. The act consists of a threat of harm accompanied by an apparent, present ability to carry out the treat. Battery is a harmful or offensive touching of another. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 This principle is based on a person taking reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions, which would be likely to cause foreseeable harm to any person. TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 In other words the plaintiff has to establish, on the balance of probabilities: 1. That a duty of care exists; 2. the standard of care expected as a part of that duty; 3. That the defendant failed to achieve the standard of care expected. if so then: 4. The defendant is in breach of that duty of care to the plaintiff. TERM 19
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It is based on the principle that you are responsible for the actions of those you engage to do your work for you. TERM 22
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DEFINITION 24 To promote a safer and better health care system TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 Restraint includes any action, word or deed that is used for the purposes or intent of restricting the free movement or decision making abilities of another person. False imprisonment is defined as the unlawful, intentional and complete application of restraint upon a person which restricts his or her freedom to move from one place to another without their consent.
No information should be given without the competent patients consent, unless there are compelling reasons. TERM 32
DEFINITION 32 Under common law, medical records are owned by the maker of the records, that is the government, department or institution, the private hospital or practice, or the individual sole practitioner. TERM 33
DEFINITION 33 Legal documentation Computerized records Freedom of information legislation Privacy act Confidentiality TERM 34
DEFINITION 34 They identify practices and work environments which give rise to an unacceptable level of risk or harm to patients or health carers. They monitor the effectiveness of particular practices or equipment. They assist in satisfactorily dealing with an unusual occurrence by the provision of information to those who need to know about it. TERM 35
DEFINITION 35 It is generally considered a form of negligence. Malpractice occurs as a result of a health professionals active violation of a clients rights or failure to perform certain duties.