Contemporary issues in healthcare law & ethics /
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Author / Creator: | Harris, Dean M., 1951- author. |
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Edition: | Fourth edition. |
Imprint: | Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, [2014] |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 439 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12588156 |
Table of Contents:
- Using the law to promote our policy goals and ethical principles
- The American legal system
- How to conduct legal research
- The legal structure and governance of healthcare organizations
- Government regulation of public health and healthcare services
- Protecting the privacy of medical information
- Medical staff membership and clinical privileges
- The law of government payment programs : medicare, medicaid, and fraud and abuse
- Antitrust law in the healthcare field
- The law of tort liability
- Legal and ethical obligations to provide care
- Legal and ethical issues in termination or refusal of care and physician-assisted suicide
- Reproductive health
- Legal issues in healthcare cost containment
- Legal issues in health insurance and health reform.