53 Chapter 2 The Legal System a. Adarm Grewn is an orderly in the Midwest Nursin

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53 Chapter 2 The Legal System a. Adarm Grewn is an orderly in the Midwest Nursing Home. His supervisor, Nora Malone, has asked hum to supervise the dining room while twenty residents eat their evening meat. BW Heckler is an Ake the meal Adam s old resiolent alert and ambulatory He tells Adam thar he doesn't N thar's being served, and he wants to loave the chining room and po back to his own room quite busy, as he has to watch the behavior of several patients who are confused, Me's concerned that patients might choke on their food or otherwise harm themselves. Acdam becomes impatient with Bi and tells him that he cannoe leave the room until everyone is finished eating. Adam ocks the cfining room door BW complains to the nursing home administrator that he was uniaw uly detained. He then hires an attorney, who brings forth a charge of false imprisonment a. Was Adam's action justified? b. in your opinion, was this a case of false imprisonment? e. What could Adam have done to defuse the situation? Do the nursing home administrator and Nora Malone have any legal responsibility for Adam's action? d. PUT IT INTO PRACTICE defamatios of character,t raud, and invasion of peivacy) as Give an example of a violation of each of the six torts men- in this chapter (assault, battery, false imprisonment. it might affect your particular area of medical specialization. WEB HUNT h the website of the National Institutes of Health (www.nih.gov). What types of information and service does this site offer? CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE What would you pick if you had a choice between having a legal system that never punishes an innocent person but often lets the guilty go free, or a system that sometimes punishes the innocent but never frees the guilty?

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Answer a. Yes Adams action was justified as he wanted to ensure the safety of Bill till he reach to the room so he detained him to go individually alone in his room considering his medical condition, if he has allowed bill to leave then he has to look towards the bills action then it might quite risky to face the problem by rest of people's in the room.

Answer b. Yes this is case of false imprisonment.

Answer c. Yes nursing home administration and mora have legal responsibility towards Adams action.

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