Legal and ethical issues for health professionals
By: George D. Pozgar
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781449647759
Subjects: Medical Legislation; Ethics; Patient Rights; Clinical Ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to ethics; title: Contemporary ethical dilemmas; title: End-of-life dilemmas; title: Health care ethics committee; title: Development of law; title: Introduction to law; title: Government, ethics, and the law; title: Organizational ethics and the law; title: Health care professionals' ethical and legal issues; title: Physicians' ethical and legal issues; title: Employee rights and responsibilities; title: Patient consent; title: Patient abuse; title: Patient rights and responsibilities; title: Summary case; star chamber.