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Legal and ethical issues for health professionals / George D. Pozgar ; legal review, Nina M. Santucci ; medical review, John W. Pinnella.
Holman Biotech Commons KF3821 .P68 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pozgar, George D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical laws and legislation--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Medical laws and legislation.
- Medical personnel--Professional ethics--United States.
- Medical personnel.
- Legislation, Medical.
- Medical personnel--Professional ethics.
- United States.
- Ethics, Clinical.
- Ethics, Medical.
- Patient Rights.
- Medical Subjects:
- Legislation, Medical.
- United States.
- Ethics, Clinical.
- Ethics, Medical.
- Patient Rights.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 425 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2010]
- Summary:
- The bestselling guide to legal and ethical dilemmas facing health care professionals today helps readers gain a better understanding of the issues they will encounter on the job and their implications in the legal arena.
- Contents:
- Introduction to ethics
- Contemporary ethical dilemmas
- End-of-life dilemmas
- Health care ethics committee
- Development of law
- Introduction to law
- Government, ethics, and the law
- Organizational ethics and the law
- Health care professionals' ethical and legal issues
- Physicians' ethical and legal issues
- Employee rights and responsibilities
- Patient consent
- Patient abuse
- Patient rights and responsibilities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780763764739
- 0763764736
- OCLC:
- 298509226
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