Learn how to handle the legal and ethical challenges you will encounter in healthcare practice! Comprehensive yet easy to understand, Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, 5th Edition provides a guide to legal concepts and ethical principles and how they are applied in common healthcare scenarios. Content includes key topics such as the legal system, bioethical issues, employment laws, torts, and medical malpractice and liability, as well as current issues such as medical marijuana, the opioid crisis, gender identity, and public health and immunization policies. Questions in each chapter ask you to think critically as you relate concepts to real-world situations. Updated to meet the needs of today’s workplace, this text prepares you to fulfill the moral and professional responsibilities of the healthcare provider.
1. Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. i 4. Table of Contents - p. i 5. Inside Front Cover - p. ES2 6. Copyright - p. iv 7. Contributors - p. v 8. Reviewers - p. vii 9. Preface - p. ix 10. Acknowledgments - p. xi 11. Unit I: Fundamental of Law and Ethics - p. xi 12. 1 The U.S. Legal System - p. 1 13. 2 Basis and Principles of Ethics - p. 14 14. 3 Bioethical Issues in Health Care - p. 26 15. 4 Healthcare Laws and Compliance - p. 38 16. 5 Torts in Health Care - p. 50 17. 6 Medical Malpractice and Liability - p. 63 18. Unit II: Applied Law and Ethics in Healthcare - p. 76 19. 7 Healthcare Business and Operations - p. 80 20. 8 Workplace Issues and Employment Laws - p. 93 21. 9 Medical Records and HIPAA - p. 101 22. 10 Mandatory Reporting and Public Health - p. 122 23. 11 Conflict Management - p. 136 24. 12 Birth and Life - p. 145 25. 13 Death and Dying - p. 159 26. 14 Key Trends in Healthcare Law and Ethics - p. 171 27. Appendix A Case Discussions - p. 184 28. Appendix B Case Studies - p. 188 29. Appendix C State Medical Record Laws - p. 201 30. Glossary - p. 210 31. Index - p. 218
Learn how to handle the legal and ethical challenges you will encounter in healthcare practice! Comprehensive yet easy to understand, Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, 5th Edition provides a guide to legal concepts and ethical principles and how they are applied in common healthcare scenarios. Content includes key topics such as the legal system, bioethical issues, employment laws, torts, and medical malpractice and liability, as well as current issues such as medical marijuana, the opioid crisis, gender identity, and public health and immunization policies. Questions in each chapter ask you to think critically as you relate concepts to real-world situations. Updated to meet the needs of today’s workplace, this text prepares you to fulfill the moral and professional responsibilities of the healthcare provider.
1. Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. i 4. Table of Contents - p. i 5. Inside Front Cover - p. ES2 6. Copyright - p. iv 7. Contributors - p. v 8. Reviewers - p. vii 9. Preface - p. ix 10. Acknowledgments - p. xi 11. Unit I: Fundamental of Law and Ethics - p. xi 12. 1 The U.S. Legal System - p. 1 13. 2 Basis and Principles of Ethics - p. 14 14. 3 Bioethical Issues in Health Care - p. 26 15. 4 Healthcare Laws and Compliance - p. 38 16. 5 Torts in Health Care - p. 50 17. 6 Medical Malpractice and Liability - p. 63 18. Unit II: Applied Law and Ethics in Healthcare - p. 76 19. 7 Healthcare Business and Operations - p. 80 20. 8 Workplace Issues and Employment Laws - p. 93 21. 9 Medical Records and HIPAA - p. 101 22. 10 Mandatory Reporting and Public Health - p. 122 23. 11 Conflict Management - p. 136 24. 12 Birth and Life - p. 145 25. 13 Death and Dying - p. 159 26. 14 Key Trends in Healthcare Law and Ethics - p. 171 27. Appendix A Case Discussions - p. 184 28. Appendix B Case Studies - p. 188 29. Appendix C State Medical Record Laws - p. 201 30. Glossary - p. 210 31. Index - p. 218
