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Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions

  • 3rd Edition - February 12, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Elsevier Inc
  • Language: English

With coverage of both legal and ethical issues, this text gives you the foundation to handle common health care challenges in everyday practice. The new edition also includes a va… Read more

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Description

With coverage of both legal and ethical issues, this text gives you the foundation to handle common health care challenges in everyday practice. The new edition also includes a variety of exercises to help reinforce text content, as well as updated examples and case studies to help you apply information to professional practice.

Key features

  • Detailed coverage of current legal and ethical issues and case law
    •  help facilitate classroom discussion and make concepts more relevant.
  • What If? boxes present ethical dilemmas and help you apply concepts from the book to real-life examples.
  • Updated case studies discuss the issues faced in a variety of healthcare settings.

Table of contents

1. The Legal System

2. Ethical and Bioethical Issues

3. The Medical Malpractice Lawsuit and the Trial Process

4. Disciplinary Actions

5. Work Place Issues

6. Documentation

7. Intentional and Quasi-Intentional Torts

8. Statutory Reporting/Public Duties

9. Professional Liability Insurance and Disciplinary Defense Insurance

10. Death and Dying Issues

11. Conflict Management

12. Business Aspects of Healthcare
Appendixes
Glossary
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 18, 2015
  • Language: English