Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions - Elsevier EBook on Intel Education Study (Retail Access Card)

With coverage of both legal and ethical issues, this text gives you the foundation to handle common health care challenges in everyday practice. The new edition also includes a variety of exercises to help reinforce text content, as well as updated examples and case studies to help you apply information to professional practice.

• Detailed coverage of current legal and ethical issues and case law help facilitate classroom discussion and make concepts more...
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With coverage of both legal and ethical issues, this text gives you the foundation to handle common health care challenges in everyday practice. The new edition also includes a variety of exercises to help reinforce text content, as well as updated examples and case studies to help you apply information to professional practice.

• Detailed coverage of current legal and ethical issues and case law help facilitate classroom discussion and make concepts more relevant.
• What If? boxes present ethical dilemmas and help you apply concepts from the book to real-life examples.
• Updated case studies discuss the issues faced in a variety of healthcare settings.

• What If? boxes present ethical dilemmas and help you apply concepts from the book to real-life examples.
• Updated Case Studies discuss the issues faced in a variety of healthcare settings.
• A revised Imaging Liability and Litigation chapter describes how society holds healthcare workers accountable in the workplace.
• Important HIPAA information includes the latest privacy guidelines along with ethical and legal implications.