Full Description
Law and Ethics for the Health Care Professions illustrates the numerous legal and ethical issues that health care professionals face every day. The topics are derived from real-life experiences and dilemmas from a variety of health care practitioners. Through the use of Learning Outcomes, Key Terms, Ethics Issues, Chapter Reviews, Case Studies, Internet Activities, Court Cases, and Video Vignettes, students hear from health care practitioners in various locations throughout the United States as they encounter legal and ethical problems and situations. Students will practice critical thinking skills to decide how to resolve the real-life situations or theoretical scenarios, determine why the court made a particular ruling and decide how the issues are relevant to the health care profession they will practice.
Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter 1 Introduction to Law and EthicsChapter 2 Making Ethical DecisionsChapter 3 Working in Health CareChapter 4 Law, the Courts, and ContractsCARE PART 2 LEGAL ISSUES FOR WORKING HEALTH PRACTITIONERSChapter 5 Professional Liability and Medical MalpracticeChapter 6 Defenses to Liability SuitsChapter 7 Medical Records and Informed ConsentChapter 8 Privacy Law and HIPAAPART 3 PROFESSIONAL, SOCIAL, AND INTERPERSONAL HEALTH CARE ISSUESChapter 9 Physicians' Public Duties and ResponsibilitiesChapter 10 Workplace LegalitiesChapter 11 The Beginning of Life and ChildhoodChapter 12 Death and DyingChapter 13 Health Care Trends and ForecastsApprendix 1 State Medical BoardsAppendix 2 Health Care Professional OrganizationsAppendix 3 Associations for Major DiseasesGlossaryPhoto CreditsCourt Cases in Alphabetical Order IndexCourt Cases by Subject IndexIndexNER(01): WOW
