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Legal and ethical issues for health professionals/ by George D. Pozgar

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2016Edition: 4th.editionDescription: xxx, 530 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781284036794
  • 9781284069761,
  • 1284036790
  • 1284069761
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF3821.P69 2016
Contents:
CONTENTS 1.Introduction to ethics-- 2.Contemporary ethical dilemmas-- 3.End-of-life dilemmas-- 4.Health care ethics committee-- 5.Development of law-- 6.Introduction to law-- 7.Government ethics and the law-- 8.Organizational ethics and the law-- 9.Health care professionals and legal/ethical issues-- 10.Physician's ethical and legal issues-- 11.Employee rights and responsibilities-- 12.Patient consent-- 13.Patient abuse-- 14.Patient rights and responsibilities. Summary case : search for truth
Summary: Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, Fourth Edition is a concise and practical guide to legal and ethical dilemmas facing healthcare professionals in the real-world today. Thoroughly updated and featuring new case studies, this dynamic text will help students to better understand the issues they will face on the job and the implications in the legal arena. With contemporary topics, real-world examples, and accessible language, this comprehensive text offers students an applied perspective and the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills. Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals provides an effective transition from the classroom to the reality of a clinical environment
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Includes Bibliographical references and Index

CONTENTS
1.Introduction to ethics--
2.Contemporary ethical dilemmas--
3.End-of-life dilemmas--
4.Health care ethics committee--
5.Development of law--
6.Introduction to law--
7.Government ethics and the law--
8.Organizational ethics and the law--
9.Health care professionals and legal/ethical issues--
10.Physician's ethical and legal issues--
11.Employee rights and responsibilities--
12.Patient consent--
13.Patient abuse--
14.Patient rights and responsibilities.
Summary case : search for truth

Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, Fourth Edition is a concise and practical guide to legal and ethical dilemmas facing healthcare professionals in the real-world today. Thoroughly updated and featuring new case studies, this dynamic text will help students to better understand the issues they will face on the job and the implications in the legal arena. With contemporary topics, real-world examples, and accessible language, this comprehensive text offers students an applied perspective and the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills. Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals provides an effective transition from the classroom to the reality of a clinical environment

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