Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Occupations

By Tonia Dandry Aiken

Book Overview

256 pagesA user-friendly outline format makes information easy to scan.Objectives for each chapter highlight what you are expected to learn and keep you focused on important information.Summaries at the end of every chapter reinforce essential concepts.Study Questions test your knowledge of the material.Recommended Readings list sources for further research.What If? boxes present ethical dilemmas and help you apply concepts from the book to real-life examples.Updated Case Studies discuss the issues faced in a variety of healthcare settings.A revised Imaging Liability and Litigation chapter describes how society holds healthcare workers accountable in the workplace.Important HIPAA information includes the latest privacy guidelines along with ethical and legal implications.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416022627
• ISBN13: 9781416022626
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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.