Contemporary issues in healthcare law and ethics /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
Health Administration Press,
©2008.
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Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Using the law to promote our policy goals and ethical principles
- The American legal system
- How to conduct legal research
- The legal structure and governance of healthcare organizations
- Government regulation of public health and healthcare services
- Protecting the privacy of medical information
- Medical staff membership and clinical privileges
- The law of government payment programs: medicare, medicaid, and fraud and abuse
- Antitrust law in the healthcare field
- The law of tort liability
- Legal and ethical obligations to provide care
- Legal and ethical issues in termination or refusal of care and physician-assisted suicide
- Human reproduction
- Selective contracting with providers
- Financial incentives to provide less care
- Controlling utilization of healthcare services
- Health insurance and the ongoing effort to achieve universal coverage.