Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Occupations

By Tonia Dandry Aiken

Book Overview

The book focuses on the legal and ethical issues in the health occupations that face the practitioner and student. The information is presented in a short concise format, bullet style that is easy to read, accessible and user-friendly. This format helps to demystify legal and ethical terms and issues, reducing the readers anxiety and allowing for greater comprehension.
Each chapter follows the same format and contains objectives, summaries, study questions, caselaw, and recommended readings.
This author is both a nurse and a lawyer. She is the author of a nursing law book for F A Davis called Legal, Ethical and Political Issues in Nursing . She is also a popular speaker at national health occupations conferences.Cases have recent court dates and issues are those on the pages of newspapers.The chapters contain many anecdotes and case scenarios to illustrate key points.
Information presented assumes no previous legal knowledge.Consistent and concise bits of information are methodically given to the reader.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 072166525X
• ISBN13: 9780721665252
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Legal and Ethical Issues In Health Occupations

A must read for anyone in the medical/health professions. Some intense chapters, but overall a very intersting read. I learned a lot from it and loved all the realism it added to my course work.