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This is an entire, accessible, and up-to-date guide to the law and ethics of healthcare. Written for health professionals of a wide variety – not lawyers –  MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS, 4/e covers the whole spectrum of topics that have an effect on practice. Fully up to date coverage includes: the legal system, professional liability and medical malpractice, physician’s responsibilities, medical records, ethical and bioethical issues, and current regulations. Actual legal cases light up subjects ranging from patient confidentiality and abortion to death and dying. Exclusive Med Tips provide quick scenarios and guidance about law and ethics. Every chapter comprises thesaurus terms, exercises, and a real case; appendices provide current sample codes of ethics.

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