Promoting Legal and Ethical Awareness: A Primer for Health Professionals and Patients, 1e

Promoting Legal and Ethical Awareness: A Primer for Health Professionals and Patients, 1e
by Ronald W. Scott PT JD EdD LLM MSBA
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Combining the best of author Ron Scott's books, Promoting Legal Awareness in Physical and Occupational Therapy and Professional Ethics: A Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals, his newest text Promoting Legal and Ethical Awareness: A Primer for Health Professionals and Patients includes the latest case, regulatory, and statutory law. This valuable ethical and legal resource also includes an alphabetized section on HIPAA, current information on the reauthorized IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act), and expanded coverage of alternative dispute resolution and attorney-health professional-client relations.

• Cases and Questions allow you to apply key legal and ethical principles to a rehabilitation practice situation.
• Special Key Term boxes introduce and define important vocabulary to ensure your understanding of chapter content.
• Additional resource lists in each chapter include helpful sources for articles, books, and websites to further your learning.
• Case Examples let you put new ideas and concepts into practice by applying your knowledge to the example.
• Legal Foundations and Ethical Foundations chapters introduce the basic concepts of law, legal history, the court system, and ethics in the professional setting to provide a solid base for legal and ethical knowledge.
• An entire chapter devoted to healthcare malpractice provides vital information on practice problems that have legal implications, the claim process, and claim prevention.
• An extended discussion of the Americans with Disabilities Act informs you of your rights as an employee as well as the challenges faced in the workforce by your rehabilitation patients.
• Content on employment legal issues includes essential information for both employees and employers on patient interaction and the patient's status in the workplace.
• Coverage of end-of-life issues and their legal and ethical implications provides important information for helping patients through end-of-life decisions and care.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15682 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .61" h x 7.43" w x 9.34" l, 1.38 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 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.

Product Details

• 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