Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions

Elsevier

ISBN 10: 1455733660 / ISBN 13: 9781455733668

Editore: Saunders, 2014

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Riassunto:

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.

• 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.

• 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.
• A revised Imaging Liability and Litigation chapter describes how society holds healthcare workers accountable in the workplace.
• Important HIPAA information includes the latest privacy guidelines along with ethical and legal implications.

Contenuti: 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

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Titolo: Legal and Ethical Issues for Health ...
Casa editrice: Saunders
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket
Edizione: terza edizione