Medical law & ethics

Author(s)

• Lipman, Michel

Bibliographic Information

Medical law & ethics

Michel Lipman

Regents/Prentice Hall, c1994

Other Title

Medical law and ethics

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Written for any health care professional who works with health records (Medical Assistants, Nurses, Health Information Management Professionals). Discusses major problems within the medical setting regarding general law, medical prudence, and ethical practice and conduct.

Table of Contents

1. The Practitioner's Parachute. 2. State of the Chart. 3. Who Did That? 4. The Well-Buttoned Lip. 5. Keeping Your License. 6. Professional Liability: Mephistopheles Rides Again. 7. Patients Also Have Legal Problems. 8. Abused Children and the Health Unit. 9. Abortion. 10. The Right to Die. 11. AIDS and the Medical Worker.

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Details

• NCID: BA23081570
• ISBN:
  • 0130645850
• LCCN: 93001344
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 139 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KF3821
  • NLM : W 32.5 AA1 L76m 1994
  • DC20 : 174/.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medical laws and legislation -- United States
  • LCSH : Medical ethics -- United States
  • MESH : Legislation, Medical -- United States
  • MESH : Jurisprudence -- United States
  • MESH : Ethics, Medical -- United States