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F.A. Davis Company Medical Law, Ethics And Bioethics For Health Professions by F.A. Davis Company
Now in its sixth edition, "Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics for Ambulatory Care" continues to champion the "Have a Care" cause while providing readers with a strong ethical and legal foundation to better serve their clients. Any direct client contact involves ethical and legal responsibility and a certain level of ambulatory health care knowledge. This book provides that and provides a solid groundwork for ambulatory care as it pertains to legal concepts and laws, ethical issues, and bioethics faced in today's medical practices - by today's health care professionals._x000D_ _x000D_
Unit 1 Understanding the Basics; Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics; Medical Practice Management; Employees in Ambulatory Health Care; Unit 2 Law, Liability, and Duties; Legal Guidelines for Ambulatory Health Care; Regulations and Professional Liability; Public Duties; Consent; Unit 3 Workplace Issues; Medical Records; Reimbursement and Collection Practices; Employment Practices; Cultural Perspectives; Unit 4 Bioethical Issues; Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources; Genetic Engineering; Abortion; Life and Death; Dying and Death; Special Section Have a Care; Appendices; Appendix I: Code of Ethics; Appendix II: Sample Documents for Choices about Health Care, Life and Death; Index._x000D_