The following terms are common to legal aspects of health care administration:
| Abandonment |
Deposition |
Misdemeanor |
| Advance directives |
Discovery |
Plaintiff |
| Appellant |
Do not resusciate (DNR) |
Res ipsa Ioquitur |
| Appellee |
Durable power of attorney |
Res judicata |
| Assault |
Euthanasia |
Respondeat superior |
| Borrowed servant doctrine |
Evidence |
Stare decisis |
| Captain-of-the-ship doctrine |
Grand jury |
Statute of limitations |
| Case citation |
Independent contractor |
Statutory law |
| Case law |
Informed consent |
Tort-feasor |
| Certiorari |
Injunction |
Will |
| Common law |
Jurisdiction |
Writ |
| Defamation |
Liability |
Writ of certiorari |
| Defendant |
Malpractice |
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