Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions
With coverage of both legal and ethical issues, this text gives you the foundation to handle common health care challenges in everyday practice. Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions, 4th Edition includes practice cases specifically developed for key allied health programs along with enhanced pedagogical content. Additionally, it features a variety of exercises to help reinforce content from the book, as well as updated coverage of medical records, privacy, patient consent and abuse, the impact of interprofessional team work, and key industry trends. INDICE: 1. The US Legal System2. The Basics of Ethics3. Ethical and Bioethical Issues4. Workplace Issues5. Code and Standards Infractions6. The Medical Malpractice Lawsuit and the Trial Process7. Intentional and Quasi-Intentional Torts8. Statutory Reporting and Public Duties in Healthcare9. Professional Liability Insurance10. Medical Records - NEW11. Death and Dying Issues12. Conflict Management13. Healthcare Business and Operations14. Key Trends in Healthcare - NEWAppendix A - Case DiscussionsAppendix B - Case StudiesAppendix C- Case ScenariosGlossary
- ISBN: 978-0-323-49641-4
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 14/12/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés