Legal and ethical issues for health professions. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeanne McTeigue, CPC, CPC-1, Medical Billing and Coding Chairperson, Branford Hall Career Institute, Albany, New York ; Christopher Lee, CST, FAST, Surgical Technologist, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
• Authors: McTeigue, Jeanne; Lee, W. Christopher (William Christopher)
• Other Names: Aiken, Tonia D
• Contents: The U.S. legal system -- The basics of ethics -- Ethical and bioethical issues -- Workplace issues -- Code and standards infractions -- The medical malpractice lawsuit and the trial process -- Intentional and quasi-intentional torts -- Statutory reporting and public duties -- Professional liability insurance -- Death and dying issues -- Conflict management -- Business aspects of healthcare.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 344.04/11; Medical laws and legislation -- United States; Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- United States; Medical ethics; Jurisprudence; Ethics, Professional; Ethics, Clinical; Liability, Legal; LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; Medical personnel -- Malpractice; United States; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323291743; 0323291740
• Related ISBNs: 9781455733668; 1455733660
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.