Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Care Professionals

Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Care Professionals
by George D. Pozgar
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Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, Second Edition is the ideal resource for legal and ethical dilemmas facing health care professionals today. This book will help readers prepare for the ethical issues they will experience on the job and teach them how to evaluate the right and wrong courses of action when faced with complicated legal problems. Through contemporary topics presented with a real-world perspective, readers will develop the critical thinking skills needed for the moral decisions they will encounter in the health care environment. The Second Edition now contains several new features, including real-life scenarios described in Case Studies, Reality Checks, and People Stories as well as Discussion Questions and a Chapter Review at the end of each chapter. Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, Second Edition is the ideal introductory legal and ethical text for all health professions students. Features: Presents legal and ethical concepts in an accessible manner; Reviews basic principles of ethics and law;Discusses how ethics and the law are involved in all decisions made in health care settings; Presents true-to-life case studies

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #12834 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 6.90" w x 9.90" l, 1.67 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Medical Law and Ethics (4th Edition)

Medical Law and Ethics (4th Edition)
by Bonnie F. Fremgen
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This is a complete, accessible, and up-to-date guide to the law and ethics of healthcare. Written for health professionals of all kinds – not lawyers – MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS, 4/e covers the full spectrum of topics that affect practice. Fully updated coverage includes: the legal system, professional liability and medical malpractice, physician’s responsibilities, medical records, ethical and bioethical issues, and current regulations. Actual legal cases illuminate subjects ranging from patient confidentiality and abortion to death and dying. Exclusive Med Tips provide quick scenarios and guidance about law and ethics. Each chapter contains glossary terms, exercises, and an actual case; appendices provide current sample codes of ethics.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #17916 in Books
• Published on: 2011-01-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .60" h x 7.90" w x 9.90" l, 1.45 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians

Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians
by Bernard Lo
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Every day clinicians encounter ethical dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient care. This timely Fourth Edition gives you expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan even when competing points of view have equal merit. Most chapters include real-life sample cases that the author walks through, discussing the salient issues and how to approach them.

Highlights of this edition include:

• A new chapter on ethical issues in cross-cultural medicine
• New material addressing conscientious objection by physicians, with particular reference to reproductive health and caring for underserved populations
• Revised sections on disclosure of errors to patients, gifts to physicians from drug companies, involuntary psychiatric treatment, genomic medicine, and ethical issues during public health emergencies such as pandemics
• Updates on organ transplantation including increasing the donor pool and non-heart beating donors
• Updated references throughout
• A summary of key points at the end of each chapter

A companion Website includes instant fully searchable text. This useful resource is a must-read for medical students and practicing professionals at every level of experience.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #432166 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .60" h x 6.90" w x 9.80" l, 1.27 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Medical Law, Ethics and Bioethics for Health Professions

Medical Law, Ethics and Bioethics for Health Professions
by Marcia (marti) Lewis, Carol Tamparo
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Now in its 6th Edition, this groundbreaking book continues to champion the Have a Care approach, while also providing readers with the strong ethical and legal foundation that enables them to better serve their clients. Clearly written and authoritative, it provides a solid groundwork in legal concepts and laws, important ethical issues, and the emerging area of bioethics faced in today s medical practices by today s health care professionals. SPECIAL FEATURES Vignettes A thought-provoking vignette opens each chapter, adapted from case law or based on real-world situations. Have a Care Personal stories from the authors illustrate the heart of the law and ethics of health care. A Code of Ethics Appendix contains the Hippocratic Oath, AAMA creed, and the Principles of Medical Ethics. Sample Documents Appendix provides important health care, life, and death documentation.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #140203 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .49" h x 7.13" w x 9.93" l, 1.10 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 268 pages