Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions
- 5th Edition - April 17, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Elsevier Inc
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 7 5 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 8 8 4 - 0
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Medicolegal Issues**Learn how to handle the legal and ethical challenges you will encounter in healthcare practice! Comprehensive yet ea… Read more
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Learn how to handle the legal and ethical challenges you will encounter in healthcare practice! Comprehensive yet easy to understand, Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, 5th Edition provides a guide to legal concepts and ethical principles and how they are applied in common healthcare scenarios. Content includes key topics such as the legal system, bioethical issues, employment laws, torts, and medical malpractice and liability, as well as current issues such as medical marijuana, the opioid crisis, gender identity, and public health and immunization policies. Questions in each chapter ask you to think critically as you relate concepts to real-world situations. Updated to meet the needs of today’s workplace, this text prepares you to fulfill the moral and professional responsibilities of the healthcare provider.
- Case studies reflect the issues faced in a variety of healthcare settings.
- Specialty practice cases provide practical application of legal and ethical issues in specialties such as medical assisting, MIBC, and pharm tech.
- What If? boxes present ethical dilemmas and help you apply concepts to real-life scenarios.
- Internet Activities at the end of every chapter suggest related topics for further research and study.
- Chapter objectives and key terms are listed at the beginning of each chapter, providing learning goals and definitions of important terminology.
- Relate to Practice boxes help you respond to situations that may occur in healthcare practice.
- Self-Reflection Questions challenge you to analyze and evaluate various legal and ethical issues.
512,726 students in a wide variety of health professional fields. (IPEDS 2017)
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- Features
- Appendices
- Evolve Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Unit I: Fundamental of Law and Ethics
- 1: The U.S. Legal System
- Introduction
- What Is the Law?
- Types of Law
- The Court System
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- 2: Basis and Principles of Ethics
- Introduction
- What Is Ethics?
- Types of Ethics
- Medical Ethics
- Ethical Decision Making
- Ethics Committees and Quality Assurance
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- 3: Bioethical Issues in Health Care
- Introduction
- Bioethics
- Medical and Scientific Research
- Conflict of Interest
- Bioethics in Genetics
- Genetic Testing and Screening
- Gene Therapy
- Stem Cell Research
- Genetic Discrimination
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- 4: Healthcare Laws and Compliance
- Introduction
- Regulating Agencies
- Medical Practice Act
- Other Quality Standards and Regulations
- Patient’s Bill of Rights
- Compliance Plan
- Enforcement and Disciplinary Actions
- Fraud and Abuse Laws
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- 5: Torts in Health Care
- Introduction
- Torts
- Types of Torts
- Negligence
- Strict Liability
- Intentional Torts
- Types of Intentional Torts
- Quasi-Intentional Torts
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- 6: Medical Malpractice and Liability
- Introduction
- Malpractice and Negligence
- Establishing a Case of Negligence
- Defenses Against Malpractice
- Emergency Care
- Prevention of Liability and Malpractice
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- Unit II: Applied Law and Ethics in Healthcare
- 7: Healthcare Business and Operations
- Introduction
- Types of Healthcare Professionals
- Types of Medical Practice Structures
- Types of Health Insurance Coverage
- Shifts in Medical Practices
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- 8: Workplace Issues and Employment Laws
- Introduction
- Professionalism
- Employment Contracts
- Employment Handbooks
- Employee Protection and Labor Laws
- Occupational Safety and Health Act
- Civil Rights Act
- Americans With Disabilities Act
- Collection Standards
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- 9: Medical Records and HIPAA
- Introduction
- Purpose of Medical Records
- Elements of Medical Records
- Documentation of Medical Records
- Ownership of Medical Records
- Retention of Medical Records
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Bibliography
- 10: Mandatory Reporting and Public Health
- Introduction
- Mandatory Reporting Duties
- Abuse
- Substance Abuse
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- 11: Conflict Management
- Introduction
- What Is Conflict?
- Conflict Behavioral Styles
- Emotional, Cognitive, and Physical Responses to Conflict
- Conflict Management
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- 12: Birth and Life
- Introduction
- Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health
- Adoption
- Assisted Conception Issues
- Ethical Issues in Minors
- Emancipated Minors
- Ethical Issues in Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activity
- Bibliography
- 13: Death and Dying
- Introduction
- Process of Dying
- Common Causes of Death
- Grief
- End-of-Life Planning
- Euthanasia
- Determination of Death
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- 14: Key Trends in Healthcare Law and Ethics
- Introduction
- Public Health and Vaccine Mandates
- Public Health’s Role in Disease Control
- COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
- Gender, Transgender, and Nonconforming Identities
- Capturing Gender Identity in EHRs
- Conclusion
- Chapter Review Questions
- Internet Activities
- Additional Resources
- Bibliography
- Appendix A: Case Discussions
- Case Discussion 1: Protecting the Public Safety
- Case Discussion 2: Failure to Provide Critical Diagnosis
- Case Discussion 3: Refusal of Advance Directive
- Case Discussion 4: Refusing Life-Prolonging Treatment
- Case Discussion 5: Patient Confidentiality vs. Patient Safety
- Case Discussion 6: Patient Consent
- Case Discussion 7: Refusal of Treatment
- Case Discussion 8: Patient’s Consent for Life-saving Surgery
- Case Discussion 9: Cultural Competence in Home Remedies
- Case Discussion 10: A Woman With Degenerative Disease and Her Right to Life and Death
- Case Discussion 11: A Surrogacy Gone Wrong
- Case Discussion 12: Call to Duty in a Pandemic
- Appendix B: Case Studies
- Case Study 1: Nurse Shares Patient Information With Husband
- Case Study 2: Health Insurer Violates Whistleblower Act
- Case Study 3: Spine Surgeon Failed to Disclose Conflicts of Interest
- Case Study 4: Woman Sued for Aiding in Car Crash
- Case Study 5: Diagnostic Company Owner’s Fraud Resulted in Patient Deaths
- Case Study 6: Missed Laboratory Test Leads to Paralysis
- Case Study 7: Hospital Fined for “Patient Dumping”
- Case Study 8: Medical Center Wrongfully Terminates Employee
- Case Study 9: Nurses Claim Discrimination
- Case Study 10: Injured Motorist Files Negligence and Respondeat Superior Case
- Case Study 11: Physician Forced to Allow Suicide
- Case Study 12: Pregnant Nursing Home Worker Forced on Unpaid Leave
- Case Study 13: Inmate as an Organ Transplant Recipient
- Case Study 14: Severely Burned Victim Refused Right to Die
- Case Study 15: Mercy Killing of Disabled Daughter
- Case Study 16: Misdiagnosis Results in Disability
- Case Study 17: Disclosure of Patient Information
- Case Study 18: Conscientious Clause in Providing Contraceptives
- Case Study 19: Parental Authority Results in Baby’s Death
- Case Study 20: Terminal Baby Used for Organ Donation
- Case Study 21 Questions
- Case Study 22: Medication Error in Actor’s Newborn Twins
- Case Study 23: Surgery Performed on the Wrong Side
- Case Study 24: Negligence During Surgical Anesthesia Results in Suicide
- Case Study 25: Transplant Patient Receives Incompatible Organs
- Case Study 26: Surgeon Illegally Accesses Medical Records
- Case Study 27: Fertility Physician Uses Own Sperm for Insemination
- Case Study 28: Dying Patient Denied CPR
- Case Study 29: Dermatology Practice Penalized for HIPAA Violations
- Case Study 30: Nurse Outs STD Patient to Man’s Girlfriend
- Case Study 31: Surrogate Gives Birth to Triplets for Unfit Parent
- Case Study 32: Birth Control Under the Affordable Care Act
- Case Study 33: File Conversion Leads to Breach in Patient Confidentiality
- Case Study 34: Home-Health Agency Files False Claims to Medicare
- Case Study 35: Workplace Violence
- Appendix C: State Medical Record Laws
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 5
- Published: April 17, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 256
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323827508
- eBook ISBN: 9780323828840