Vocabulary Assignment 1/3rd Semester Study Guide Rated A+

What are LPS patients' rights? {Ans: Under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act and other laws, even if you are receiving treatment involuntarily, you maintain certain patients' rights. For example, you are statutorily entitled to individualized treatment that is least restrictive of your personal liberties. You have the right to use the telephone and have visitors. You also have the same state and federal rights granted to any other citizen while you are receiving treatment, including the right to receive medical treatment and the right to be treated with dignity.}Nonmaleficence {Ans: - Is the obligation and duty to do no harm. Requirement that heath-care providers do no harm the the clients, either intentionally or unintentionally.}Bioethics {Ans: the term applied to these principles when they refer to concepts within the scope of medicine, nursing, and allied health}What is a 72-hour hold? (5150) {Ans: Is when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder becomes a danger to himself/herself or others. They are taken into custody against their will for up to 72 hours for assessment and evaluation.}What is assult? {Ans: a threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another person without the person's consent}Civil