Medical Law and Ethics
ISBN: 9780132559225 | 0132559226
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 12/29/2010
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This is a complete, accessible, and up-to-date guide to the law and ethics of healthcare. Written for health professionals of all kinds not lawyers MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS, 4/ecovers the full spectrum of topics that affect practice. Fully updated coverage includes: the legal system, professional liability and medical malpractice, physicianrs"s responsibilities, medical records, ethical and bioethical issues, and current regulations. Actual legal cases illuminate subjects ranging from patient confidentiality and abortion to death and dying. Exclu... MORE
1. Introduction to Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics
PART I. THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
2. The Legal System
3. Importance of the Legal System for the Physician and the Health Care Professional
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4. Today’s Health Care Environment
5. The Physician-Patient Relationship
6. Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
7. Public Duties of the Physician and the Health Care Professional
8. Workplace Law and Ethics
9. The Medical Record
10. Patient Confidentiality and HIPAA
PART III. MEDICAL ETHICS
10. Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Medicine
11. Ethical Issues Relating to Life
12. Death and Dying
