Law and ethics for medical careers
By: Karen Judson, Carlene Harrison, Sharon Hicks
Contributors: Harrison, Carlene; Hicks, Sharon, 1953-
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780073018966; 9780073022635
Subjects: Allied Health Personnel; Medical assistants; Medical Legislation; Medical jurisprudence; Medical ethics; Medical Ethics; Education; Professional ethics; Legal status, laws
Other titles: Law & ethics for medical careers
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: PART 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LAW AND ETHICS: Introduction to law and ethics; title: Working in health care; title: Law, the courts, and contracts; title: PART 2: LEGAL ISSUES FOR WORKING HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS: Professional liability and medical malpractice; title: Defenses to liability suits; title: Medical records and informed consent; title: Privacy law & HIPAA; title: PART 3: PROFESSIONAL, SOCIAL, AND INTERPERSONAL HEALTH CARE ISSUES: Physicians' public duties and responsibilities; title: Workplace legislation; title: The beginning of life and childhood; title: Death and dying; title: Ethics for health care professionals; title: Appendix 1: State Medical Boards; title: Appendix 2: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission field offices; title: Appendix 3: State Workers   Compensation directory; title: Glossary.