hi Lynn,
here are the legal terms (as they apply to patient treatment by healthcare professionals) i promised. these are definitions as they apply to care received by clients/patients in a healthcare setting by medical practitioners (doctors, nurses, etc.):

Accountability: To be accountable means that all health care workers are held legally responsible for their actions while at work. This includes what they do and what they don't do--but should have.
Assault: It is considered assault if someone threatens another person with physical harm. Whether the victim is actually harmed or is just threatened with harm--it's still assault.
Battery: To commit a battery means to touch another person in a harmful or offensive way.
Invasion of Privacy: There are several different ways a person's privacy can be invaded. For example, breaking confidentiality about a patient is an invasion of privacy.
Liability: In legal terms, liability is the same as accountability. Health care workers are held liable for everything they do--or fail to do--while working with their patients.
Libel: To commit libel means to injure another person's reputation by WRITING something negative about that person. To be considered libel, the statement must be serious and it must be untrue.
Malpractice & Misconduct: Health care professionals, like doctors and nurses, can be charged with malpractice if their actions result in harm to their patients.
Negligence: All health care workers can be considered negligent if they fail to use reasonable care during their work with patients. (Care is considered reasonable if it's what the average health care worker would do in the same situation.)
Slander: To commit slander means to injure another person's reputation by SAYING something negative about that person. Just like libel, the statement must be serious and must be untrue.

take care my friend, i pray you won't have to suffer any longer the abuse inflicted by your family and through their illegal efforts, your doctors too, so you will finally receive the medical care that you need and that is your right.

DA