Health Care Law And Ethics In A Nutshell

Public policy responses to escalating medical costs and constrained access pose fundamental challenges to health care law. Profound medical advances also generate many ethical dilemmas. This authoritative discussion considers how law and ethics respond to these driving social, economic, and political forces of innovation, crisis, and reform. Topics include health care finance and delivery structures, treatment relationships, facility and insurance regulation, corporate and tax law, refusal of life support, organ donation, and reproductive technologies.

"Public policy responses to escalating medical costs and constrained access pose fundamental challenges to health care law. Profound medical advances also generate many ethical dilemmas. This authoritative discussion considers how law and ethics respond to these driving social, economic, and political forces of innovation, crisis and reform. Topics include health insurance reform, health care finance and delivery structures, treatment relationships, facility and insurance regulation, corporate and tax law, refusal of life support, organ donation, and reproductive technologies."--publisher.

The Crisis in Health Care Coverage and Spending; Health Care Financing Reform; Traditional Health Insurance; Managed Care; Health Care Rationing; Economic and Regulatory Theory; Cost Containment; Duty to Treat; Disability Discrimination; Constitutional Rights to Treatment; Confidentiality. and Conflicts of Interest; Corporate Practice of Medicine; Insurance Regulation; Charitable Tax Exemption; Referral Fee Laws; Hospital and Facility Licensure; Certificate of Need Regulation; Medical Staff Disputes; Antitrust Boycott Law; Antitrust Price Fixing and Merger Law, Labor and Employment Law; Definition of Death; Organ Transplants; Right to Refuse Treatment; Active Versus Passive Euthanasia; Competent and Incompetent Patients' Right to Die; Withholding Food or Water; Physician-Assisted Suicide; Futile Care; Surrogate Motherhood; Maternal-Fetal Conflict.

Provides an overview of the British legal and ethical issues that nurses and other health professionals come across. Hendrick (Oxford Brookes U.) discusses the relationship between law and ethics and how at times they overlap or diverge. Chapters include case studies, theoretical discussion, possible outcomes, and a summary of how the legal and ethical approaches compare. They also examine the patient-client relationship (confidentiality, consent, responsibility and accountability) as well as the relationship between the law, codes of practice, and health care circulars. The book includes guidelines from professional bodies. Distributed in the US by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.

Now in its Seventh Edition and in vivid full-color, this groundbreaking book continues to champion the “Have a Care” approach, while also providing readers with a strong ethical and legal foundation that enables them to better serve their clients. The book addresses all major issues facing healthcare professionals today, including legal concerns, important ethical issues, and the emerging area of bioethics.

Health Care Law and Ethics, Ninth Edition offers a relationship-oriented approach to health law—covering the essentials, as well as topical and controversial subjects. The book provides thoughtful and teachable coverage of every aspect of health care law. Current and classic cases build logically from the fundamentals of the patient/provider relationship to the role of government and institutions in health care. The book is adaptable to both survey courses and courses covering portions of the field. Key Features: New authors Nick Bagley and Glenn Cohen Incorporated anticipated changes to the Affordable Care Act More current cases and more streamlined notes, including ones on medical malpractice, bioethics, and on finance and regulation More coverage of “conscientious objection” and “big data” - Discussion of new “value based” methods of physician payment - Expanded coverage of “fraud and abuse” Current issues in public health (e.g., Ebola, Zika) and controversies in reproductive choice (e.g., Hobby Lobby) Coverage of cutting-edge genetic technologies (e.g., gene editing and mitochondrial replacement)

Featuring YouTube lectures by the author on each chapter, a concise introduction to ethics by professor Matt Deaton.