Title: (Optional) Examine the legal issues related to the health and medical science profession.
Course: Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences (14001-1) (Draft) > Section: Examining Professionalism in the Healthcare Industry

Examination should include

- certification and licensure
- malpractice
- negligence and abuse
- patient rights
- invasion of privacy
- healthcare records
- power of attorney
- use of professional standards
- criminal vs. civil law
  - negligence
  - torts
  - malpractice
  - invasion of privacy
  - false imprisonment
  - assault and battery
  - abuse
  - defamation
- contracts
  - implied
  - expressed
  - legal disabilities
  - agent.

Process/Skill Questions

- What are the consequences of employing staff that are not properly certified or licensed?
- What types of liability issues affect healthcare workers in the various healthcare fields?
- How do professional standards ensure the proper care of all patients? What is the relationship between professional standards and legal responsibilities?
- What four components must be proved in a malpractice case?
- How could legal action result from malpractice, negligence, false imprisonment, abuse, assault and battery, invasion of privacy, and defamation?
- What are the two main types of law affecting health care?
- What are examples of torts?
- How does contract law affect health care?
- What are the three parts of a contract?
- When could a healthcare worker be charged with abuse, invasion of privacy, assault and battery, and false imprisonment?
- What are the main types of consent?