Legal and ethical issues for health professionals / George D. Pozgar, MBA, CHE, D.LITT., Consultant, GP Health Care Consulting, Annapolis, Maryland; Legal Review Nina M. Santucci, MSCJ, JD; Medical Review John W. Pinnella, MD, DDS, FICS.
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 and legal/ethical issues -- Physician's ethical and legal issues -- Employee rights and responsibilities -- Patient consent -- Patient abuse -- Patient rights and responsibilities -- Summary case : search for truth.
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