Law & Ethics for Medical Careers

5. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-07-340206-2
Verlag: MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 213 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Law and Ethics for Medical Careers, Fifth Edition, provides an overview of the laws and ethics you should know to help you give competent, compassionate care to patients that is within acceptable legal and ethical boundaries. The text can also serve as a guide to help you resolve the many legal and ethical questions you may reasonably expect to face as a student and, later, as a health care practitioner. The text features pertinent legal cases, anecdotes, and sidebars related to health-related careers. Content has been updated and special attention has been paid to legislation affecting health care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Judson, Karen

Harrison, Carlene

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Beziehungen des Rechts zu anderen Disziplinen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The Foundations of Law and Ethics1 Introduction to Law and Ethics2 Working in Health Care3 Law, the Courts, and ContractsPart 2 Legal Issues for Working Health Care Practitioners4 Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice5 Defenses to Liability Suits6 Medical Records and Informed Consent7 Privacy Law and HIPAAPart 3 Professional, Social, and Interpersonal Health Care Issues8 Physicians' Public Duties and Responsibilities9 Workplace Legalities10 The Beginning of Life and Childhood11 Death and Dying12 Health Care Trends and ForecastsAppendix 1 State Medical BoardsAppendix 2 Health Care Professional OrganizationsAppendix 3 Associations for Major DiseasesGlossary Court Cases Index Alphabetically By SubjectIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Harrison, Carlene
Carlene Harrison, EdD, CMA (AAMA)
Carlene Harrison is Dean of the School of Allied Health at Hodges University and is also
Program Director for the Master of Health Services Administration and Graduate Certificate
in Health Informatics. She has been a member of the faculty at Hodges University since 1992,
but came on board full time in 2000, serving first as Chair of the Medical Assisting Program.
As Dean of the School of Allied Health, she has overall responsibility for the following
degree programs: Health Services Administration, Biomedical Sciences, Medical Assisting,
Health Information Management, and Physical Therapist Assistant. Her doctorate is from
Argosy University. Her dissertation research looked at improvement in critical thinking in
adult learners.
Before becoming a full-time educator, Dr. Harrison worked for over 20 years in the health
care field as an administrator. Employed mostly in the outpatient setting, she has worked in
the for-profit, not-for-profit, and public health sectors.

Judson, Karen
Karen Judson, BS
Karen Judson taught biology laboratories at Black Hills University in Spearfish, South
Dakota; high school sciences in Idaho; and grades one and three in Washington state. She is
also a former laboratory and X-ray technician and completed two years of nurses training
while completing a degree in biology.
Judson has worked as a science writer since 1983. She has written relationship, family, and
psychology articles for a variety of magazines, including a series of high school classroom
magazines, making a total of 500 articles published. Judson writes science and relationship
books for teenagers (Enslow and Marshall Cavendish publishers). Her book for teens, Sports &
Money: Its a Sell Out, made the New York City Public Librarys list of best books for teens in
1995. Her book for teens, Genetic Engineering, was chosen by the National Science Teachers
Association as one of the best science books for children in 2001 and was featured on the
NSTA Web site.

Karen Judson taught biology laboratories at Black Hills University in Spearfish, SD., high school sciences in Idaho, and grades one and three in Washington state. She is also a former laboratory and x-ray technician and completed two years of nurses' training while completing a degree in Biology.

Carlene Harrison is the Dean of the School of Allied Health at Hodges University and is also currently serving as Acting Chair of the Health Administration Program.