Variant title |
Law and ethics for health professions |
Contents |
Introduction to law and ethics -- Making ethical decisions -- Working in health care -- Law, the courts, and contracts -- Professional liability and medical malpractice -- Defenses to liability suits -- Medical records and informed consent -- Privacy law and HIPAA -- Physicians: public duties and responsibilities -- Workplace legalities -- The beginning of life and childhood -- Death and dying -- Health care trends and forecasts. |
Local note | Laupus-WCP |
General note | Rev. ed. of: Law & ethics for medical careers / Karen Judson, Carlene Harrison. 5th ed. c2010. |
General note | Includes index. |
LCCN | 2011032111 |
ISBN | 9780073374710 (alk. paper) |
ISBN | 0073374717 (alk. paper) |