Mastering Legal and Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Practice

Are you ready to navigate the complex legal and ethical landscape of healthcare practice? Look no further than Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, 5th Edition. This comprehensive guide provides a clear understanding of legal concepts and ethical principles, and how they are applied in real-world healthcare scenarios.

Comprehensive Coverage of Key Topics

This authoritative text covers a wide range of crucial topics, including:

• The legal system and its impact on healthcare
• Bioethical issues, such as medical marijuana, the opioid crisis, and gender identity
• Employment laws and regulations
• Torts, medical malpractice, and liability
• Public health and immunization policies

Real-World Application and Critical Thinking

Each chapter includes thought-provoking questions that challenge you to think critically and relate concepts to real-world situations. Case studies reflect the issues faced in a variety of healthcare settings, while specialty practice cases provide practical application of legal and ethical issues in specialties like medical assisting, MIBC, and pharm tech.

Engaging Features and Tools

This text includes a range of engaging features and tools to help you master legal and ethical challenges, including:

• What If? boxes, which present ethical dilemmas and encourage you to apply concepts to real-life scenarios
• Internet Activities at the end of every chapter, suggesting related topics for further research and study
• Chapter objectives and key terms, providing learning goals and definitions of important terminology
• Relate to Practice boxes, which help you respond to situations that may occur in healthcare practice
• Self-Reflection Questions, challenging you to analyze and evaluate various legal and ethical issues

New Chapters and Updates

This 5th edition includes two new chapters:

• Mandatory Reporting and Public Duties in Healthcare, covering public health law and the role of state and federal health agencies
• Conflict Management, addressing aspects of this critical workplace topic

Stay ahead of the curve and prepare to fulfill the moral and professional responsibilities of a healthcare provider with Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, 5th Edition.

Publisher: Elsevier

Edition: 5th edition

Publication Date: August 1, 2023

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 240

ISBN-10: 0323827500

ISBN-13: 978-0323827508