Contemporary issues in healthcare law and ethics /
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| Author / Creator: | Harris, Dean M., 1951- |
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago : Health Administration Press ; Washington, DC : AUPHA Press, c2008. |
| Description: | xix, 377 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6660382 |
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
- Human reproduction
- Selective contracting with providers
- Financial incentives to provide less care
- Controlling utilization of healthcare services
- Health insurance and the ongoing effort to achieve universal coverage.
