Legal and ethical issues for health professionals
- Fourth edition.
- xxx, 530 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to ethics -- Contemporary ethical dilemmas -- End-of-life dilemmas -- Health care ethics committee -- Development of law -- Introduction to law -- Government ethics and the law -- Organizational ethics and the law -- Health care professionals and legal/ethical issues -- Physician's ethical and legal issues -- Employee rights and responsibilities -- Patient consent -- Patient abuse -- Patient rights and responsibilities -- Summary case : search for truth.
Medical laws and legislation--Moral and ethical aspects--United States. Medical personnel--Professional ethics--United States. Ethics--United States. Legislation, Medical--United States. Ethics, Clinical--United States. Patient Rights--United States.