Law and Ethics for Medical Careers

Law and Ethics for Medical Careers
ISBN-10
0073018961
ISBN-13
9780073018966
Category
Medical assistants
Pages
350
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
Authors
Karen Judson, Carlene Harrison, Sharon Hicks

Description

"Law and Ethics for Medical Careers, 4th 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..

Similar books

  • Law & Ethics for Medical Careers
    By Karen Judson, Carlene Harrison

    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.

  • Law & Ethics for Medical Careers
    By Karen Judson, Sharon Hicks

    This 12-chapter text prepares students to understand the legal and ethical issues inherent to working in an ambulatory health care setting. It features pertinent legal cases, anecdotes, and sidebars related...

  • Law & Ethics for Health Professions
    By Karen Judson, Carlene Harrison

    Law & Ethics for Health Professions

  • Law, Ethics, & Bioethics for the Health Professions
    By Marcia A Lewis, Carol D Tamparo, Brenda M Tatro

    Candace works for Dr. Robert Ford, who has been in practice for 20 years. This provider has used paper medical records his entire career. Candace and her coworkers struggle to keep up with the large amount of paperwork within the clinic ...

  • Medical Law and Ethics
    By Jonathan Herring

    Medical Law and Ethics is a feature-rich introduction to medical law and ethics, discussing key principles, cases, and statutes.

  • Applied Law & Ethics for Health Professionals
    By Carla Caldwell Stanford, Valerie J. Connor

    As the text concludes, readers are again asked to gauge their growth, exploring their newly formed knowledge, values, and opinions on healthcare ethics.

  • First Do No Harm: Law, Ethics and Healthcare
    By Sheila A. M. McLean

    This collection brings together essays from leading figures in the field of medical law and ethics which address the key issues currently challenging scholars in the field.

  • Routledge Handbook of Medical Law and Ethics
    By Bartha Maria Knoppers, Yann Joly

    This book explores the scope, application and role of medical law, regulatory norms and ethics, and addresses key challenges introduced by contemporary advances in biomedical research and healthcare.

  • Medical Law in Canada
    By Trudo Lemmens, Jennifer Bergman, Kanksha Mahadevia Ghimire

    Consider also Bernard M Dickens & Rebecca J Cook, “Dimensions of Informed Consent to Treatment” (2004) 85 International J Gynecology & Obstetrics 309; Bernard M Dickens & Rebecca J Cook, “Patients' Refusal of Recommended Treatment” ...

  • Medical Ethics, Law and Communication at a Glance
    By Charles Foster, Patrick Davey, Michael Dunn

    Everything you need to know about Medical Ethics, Law and Communication... at a Glance! Medical Ethics, Law and Communication at a Glance presents a succinct overview of these key areas of the medical curriculum.