Health care management and the law : principles and applications /

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Author / Creator:Hammaker, Donna K.
Imprint:Clifton Park, NY : Delmar/Cengage Learning, c2011.
Description:xxxi, 782 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8296055
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Other authors / contributors:Tomlinson, Sarah J.
ISBN:9781428320048
1428320040
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. Processes for Thinking About the U.S. Health Care System
  • 2. Introduction to Health Law
  • Part II. Overview Of Specific Health Laws
  • 3. Health Care Compliance Programs
  • 4. Antitrust and Regulation of Health Care Providers
  • Part III. Access To Health Care
  • 5. Access to and Reimbursement for Medically Necessary Health Care
  • 6. Medicaid and Equal Access to Medically Necessary Health Care
  • 7. Medicare Reforms
  • Part IV. Affordable Health Care
  • 8. Mutually Affordable Health Care
  • 9. Patient Rights and Responsibilities
  • 10. Tort Reform and Reducing the Risk of Malpractice
  • Part V. Staffing Of Health Care Systems
  • 11. Human Resources Departments
  • 12. Employers' Health Care Costs
  • 13. Labor and Management Relations
  • Part VI. Strategic Health Care Restructurings
  • 14. Managed Care and Other Strategic Health Care Restructurings
  • 15. Integration Deals in the Health Care Sector
  • 16. Business Process Outsourcing
  • Part VII. Producers Of Medical Products
  • 17. Pharmaceuticals
  • 18. Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals
  • 19. Medical Devices
  • 20. Health Information Technology
  • Part VIII. Improving The Quality Of Health Care
  • 21. Disease Management and the Patient-Physician Relationship
  • 22. Evidence-Based Medicine
  • 23. Improving Patient Safety and Decreasing Medical Error
  • Part IX. Our Health Care System's Response To Illness
  • 24. Human Body Parts Industry
  • 25. Organ Procurement and Transplantation
  • 26. HIV/AIDS Pandemic
  • 27. Mental Health
  • Part X. End-Of-Life Health Care
  • 28. Hospice Care
  • 29. Mature Minor Rights to Refuse Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment
  • 30. Care of the Critically Ill and Dying
  • Part XI. Our Health Care System's Response To New Technologies
  • 31. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
  • 32. Reprogenics and Assisted Reproductive Medicine
  • Part XII. Additional Pressing Issues Facing Our Health Care System
  • 33. Global Pandemics and Public Health Emergency Threats
  • 34. Health Care Issues for Women
  • 35. Clinical Trials
  • 36. Food Safety
  • 37. Environmental Safety
  • 38. Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Part XIII. Conclusion
  • 39. Future Prospects: Health Care Management and the Law