Medical Law and Ethics (6^th Ed.)

For courses in medical law or ethics in programs for nurses, medical assistants, and other allied health care professionals.
A plain-language guide to the law and ethics of healthcare
Medical Law and Ethics examines the essentials of pertinent laws and the ethical demands of healthcare professions. Clear and readable, the text helps students identify the ethical norms they will adhere to in their chosen field. Real legal cases and stimulating exercises challenge learners to envision their responses to legal and ethical dilemmas in healthcare today. The 6th edition covers issues of increasing concern in hospitals and medical offices, including the opioid crisis in the US, electronic recordkeeping, and the needs of elderly and handicapped populations.
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Brief Contents

1. Introduction to Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics

PART 1: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT

1. The Legal System
2. Essentials of the Legal System for Health Care Professionals
3. Working in Today's Health Care Market

PART 2: THE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT

1. The Physician—Patient Relationship
2. Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
3. Public Duties of the Health Care Professional
4. Workplace Law and Ethics
5. The Medical Record
6. Patient Confidentiality and HIPAA

PART 3: MEDICAL ETHICS

1. Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Medicine
2. Ethical Issues Relating to Life
3. Death and Dying
4. Trends in Health Care

Appendices

1. Codes of Ethics
2. Case Citations

About our author

Bonnie F. Fremgen, PhD, is a former associate dean of the Allied Health Program of Robert Morris College in Chicago and was vice president of a hospital in suburban Chicago. She has taught medical law and ethics courses, as well as clinical and administrative topics, and she has broad interests and experiences in the healthcare field, including hospitals, nursing homes and physicians’ offices. Dr. Fremgen has also served as director of continuing medical education at three Chicago area hospitals. She has two patents on a unique circulation-assisting wheelchair.

Dr. Fremgen holds a nursing degree as well as a master’s degree in healthcare administration. She received her PhD from the College of Education at the University of Illinois and has performed postdoctoral studies in medical law at Loyola University Law School in Chicago. Dr. Fremgen has taught ethics at the University of Detroit in Michigan; University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where she also served as co-director of the Center for Ethics in the Mendoza College of Business; and Saint Xavier University in Chicago, where she also served as interim dean of the Graham School of Business.

Hallmark features of this title

Real-world applications

• Legal case citations demonstrate how healthcare disciplines collaborate in patient care, while illuminating medical topics subject to US legal requirements.
• Case studies at the start of each chapter demonstrate practical applications of chapter content.
• Discussion cases in each chapter are great as assignments or to generate in-class debate.

Thinking critically about law and ethics

• Put It into Practice activities at the end of each chapter prompt learners to contemplate everyday legal and ethical issues.
• Points to Ponder questions help students evaluate how they might deal with today’s legal and ethical dilemmas in healthcare.
• Short-answer, matching and multiple-choice exercises let students test their comprehension of chapter content.