Features
Application of the concepts seeks to provide health care managers with sufficient knowledge of the law to become intelligent, critical thinkers in professional practice.
The technology-enhanced learning tools that accompany the text are available in multiple formats to fit individual readers' learning preferences, and a range of instructional tools will meet virtually every instructors' needs. The instructor's resource CD includes PowerPoint presentations, Exam View® test bank, instructor's manual, and syllabus templates. A student study guide is available as well as an online companion which offers additional student and instructor resources including summaries of specific court decisions recently decided, as well as the full decisions, and additional data-driven facts from the text.
This text is traditional legal scholarship written with state-of-the-art research methods, using searchable online databases that are revolutionizing research on health care management and the law. The text reviews jurisprudence and seeks common themes as well as conflicts. Knowledge of the innovations transforming global health industry practices and public policy are clearly explained.
Over thirty health industry experts and consumer advocates supplemented the secondary research with reviews and interviews about the topics in this text. Their shared opinions and insights helped explain current and future trends in management and the law.
WebTutor™ will be available to accompany the book. An exciting online ancillary that takes your course beyond classroom boundaries. WebTutor™ is a content-rich, Web-based teaching and learning aid that reinforces and helps clarify complex concepts. WebTutor™ also provides rich communication tools for instructors and learners, including a course calendar, chat, e-mail, threaded discussions, Web links, and a whiteboard. Instructors will have the ability to moderate online collaboration within their classroom, allowing students to form communities of interest on health care topics and creating a "Public Square" environment to address management and health law solutions.