Legal and ethical issues for health professionals

Legal and ethical issues for health professionals

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Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, Third Edition provides the reader with a clear understanding of the law and ethics as it relates to health care dilemmas. The practical application of ethics in the health care setting is accomplished by interspersing the thoughts of great minds thr...

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Main Author: Pozgar, George D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA Jones & Bartlett Learning 2013
Edition:THIRD EDITION
Subjects:
Legislation, Medical > United States
Ethics, Clinical > United States
Ethics > United States
Patient Rights > United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to ethics
  • Contemporary ethical dilemmas
  • End-of-life dilemmas
  • Health care ethics committee
  • Development of law
  • Introduction to law
  • Government, ethics, and the law
  • Organizational ethics and the law
  • Health care professionals' ethical and legal issues
  • Physicians' ethical and legal issues
  • Employee rights and responsibilities
  • Patient consent
  • Patient abuse
  • Patient rights and responsibilities
  • Summary case; star chamber.

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