Law, liability, and ethics for medical office professionals
By: Myrtle Flight
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781428359413
Subjects: Medical personnel; Medical laws and legislation; Legal status, laws; Malpractice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: From examining room to courtroom; title: Functioning within the legal system; title: Crime and punishment : intent makes the difference; title: Your words may form a contract; title: Anatomy of a medical malpractice case; title: Health care is big business; title: The medical record : the medical assistant's responsibility; title: Introduction to ethics; title: Privacy, confidentiality, privileged communication : a nexus of law and ethics; title: BIrth and the beginning of life; title: Professional ethics and the living; title: Ethics : death and dying.