Applied Law and Ethics in Health Care

Drawing on her extensive professional experience in health care law, the author provides valuable perspective on key legal and ethical health care dilemmas, controversies and discoveries, vividly bringing chapter concepts to life and promoting engaging discussions.

The First Edition includes numerous features to support effective learning and assessment--including Suggested Activities, Study Questions and Cases for Discussion--offering readers myriad ways to analyze, apply and evaluate new concepts.

Designed specifically for current and future health care professionals, this practical text addresses the fundamental legal and ethical issues present in today’s busy and complex medical environments.

Each chapter begins with a set of learning objectives and ends with a bulleted list of key concepts, making it easier for readers to identify the major takeaways, review the material effectively and reference important information as needed.

A list of key terms at the start of each chapter and boldfaced terms and definitions throughout the text help readers recognize and understand relevant legal language and grasp important legal concepts.

Summaries of real legal cases addressing substantive issues are presented in the chapters, highlighting many of the most important legal issues and actions prevalent in health care today.

An excellent resource for inter-professional education, the text includes relevant, current content focused on legal and ethical issues impacting a variety of health care professionals and settings, as well as the health care industry as a whole.

Extensive content on ethics provides students with a helpful grounding in fundamental ethical theories, as well as walking them through ethical decision-making processes they can use in real-world scenarios throughout their careers.

The text includes numerous contemporary news stories and relevant legal cases to examine important trends and issues affecting laws and ethics in the health care field today, such as COVID-19, telemedicine, medical tourism and advances in genetic engineering.