Legal medicine : health care law and medical ethics /
In the midst of a progressively litigious culture, this essential reference provides up-to-date information on topics surrounding professional medical liability, the business aspects of medical practice, and medicolegal and ethical issues, offering comprehensive discussions on a myriad of topics tha...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Elsevier,
[2024]
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| Edition: | Eighth edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In the midst of a progressively litigious culture, this essential reference provides up-to-date information on topics surrounding professional medical liability, the business aspects of medical practice, and medicolegal and ethical issues, offering comprehensive discussions on a myriad of topics that health care professionals face every day. Addresses the legal aspects of almost every medical topic that impacts health care professionals, using actual case studies to illustrate nuances in the law. Offers the expert guidance of top professionals across medical and legal fields in an easy-to-read format. Includes new chapters on Legal Medicine History; Healthcare Technology; Patients with Infectious Diseases (HIV Infection and COVID-19); General Pain Management; Opioids and Illicit Drugs: Misuse, Abuse and Addiction; Cannabis (Marijuana); Drug (Treatment) Courts; and Public Health Law and Policy. Provides authoritative information on current issues such as the high costs of medical liability insurance for practitioners and organizations; changes in health care and the law, including HIPAA and patient privacy; the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the opioid epidemic, and more. Features Key Points boxes to open every chapter, Pearls boxes to call out important details, additional diagrams and tables throughout, a glossary of medical terms, and updated references and suggested readings. Serves as the syllabus for the Board Review Course of the American Board of Legal Medicine (ABLM). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 601 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780443124617 0443124612 9780443284250 0443284253 |