The law of healthcare administration / J. Stuart Showalter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Showalter, J. Stuart, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Law and legislation--United States.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 635 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

9th ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois ; Washington, District of Columbia : Health Administration Press : Association of University Programs in Health Administration, [2020]

Summary:

"The Law of Healthcare Administration teaches readers to think through these and other questions of law. Wide-ranging and skillfully written, author Stuart Showalter surveys the pressing issues uncovered during of two centuries of US policy, court decisions, and regulation. Unlike other textbooks on healthcare law, this book emphasizes a practical understanding of legal concepts of interest to students and educators in health administration, public health, nursing, allied health, and related programs. It does so in plain, accessible language, featuring real-life judicial decisions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A brief history of medicine

Access to healthcare : rights and responsibilities

The organization and management of a corporate healthcare institution

Human resources law

Contracts and intentional torts

Negligence

Liability of the healthcare institution

Medical staff privileges and peer review

Health information management

Emergency care

Consent for treatment and withholding consent

Taxation of healthcare institutions

Competition and Antitrust Law

Issues of reproduction and birth

Fraud laws and corporate compliance.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Showalter, J. Stuart. The law of healthcare administration

ISBN:

1-64055-131-X

1-64055-135-2