Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics, Fourth Edition
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Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics, Fourth Edition

  1. 465 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 16 Jan |Learn more

Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics, Fourth Edition

About this book

Instructor Resources: Test bank, PowerPoint slides for each chapter and a model answer to each of the activities in the text.

Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics, Fourth Edition, examines the most important legal and ethical issues in healthcare, and presents essential information that will help students learn to identify and tackle potential legal problems.

This thoroughly revised edition includes new information and extensive updates on topics such as:

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including legal requirements about health insurance and health reform The 2012 Supreme Court decision regarding the individual mandate to buy health insurance, the penalty for not having insurance, and the expansion of Medicaid Ongoing legal challenges to mandated contraceptive coverage and whether federal subsidies may be provided for coverage that is purchased through a federally operated exchange New legal obligations for tax-exempt hospitals under the ACA and federal regulations Important changes to Medicare and Medicaid Other changes to laws about abortion, physician-assisted suicide, privacy of medical information, and reform of medical malpractice laws.

New to this edition are more activities that apply legal principles in the text to specific facts. Also, an in-text glossary has been added.

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Information

Publisher
ACHE Learn
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781567936384
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Public Health, Administration & Care

Table of contents

  1. Brief Contents
  2. Detailed Contents
  3. List of Exhibits
  4. List of Activities
  5. Preface To The Fourth Edition
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Part I The Role of Law in the U.S. Healthcare System
  8. Chapter 1 Using The Law to Promote Our Policy Goals and Ethical Principles
  9. Chapter 2 The American Legal System
  10. Chapter 3 How to Conduct Legal Research
  11. Part II Managing and Regulating The Healthcare System
  12. Chapter 4 The Legal Structure and Governance Of Healthcare Organizations
  13. Chapter 5 Government Regulation of Public Health And Healthcare Services
  14. Chapter 6 Protecting The Privacy Of Medical Information
  15. Chapter 7 Medical Staff Membership And Clinical Privileges
  16. Chapter 8 The Law Of Government Payment Programs: Medicare, Medicaid, And Fraud and Abuse
  17. Chapter 9 Antitrust Law in Healthcare
  18. Part III Patient Care Issues
  19. Chapter 10 The Law Of Tort Liability
  20. Chapter 11 Legal and Ethical Obligations To Provide Care
  21. Chapter 12 Legal and Ethical Issues In Termination Or Refusal Of Care And Physician-Assisted Suicide
  22. Chapter 13 Reproductive Health
  23. Part IV Legal and Ethical Issues in Cost Containment, Health Insurance, and Health Reform
  24. Chapter 14 Legal Issues in Healthcare Cost Containment
  25. Chapter 15 Legal Issues in Health Insurance and Health Reform
  26. Glossary
  27. Index
  28. About the Author