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This is a complete,
accessible, and up-to-date guide to the law and ethics of healthcare.
Written for health professionals of all kinds – not lawyers
–  MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS, 4/e covers
the full spectrum of topics that affect practice. Fully updated 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 illuminate subjects ranging from patient confidentiality and
abortion to death and dying. Exclusive Med Tips provide quick scenarios
and guidance about law and ethics. Each chapter contains glossary terms,
exercises, and an actual case; appendices provide current sample codes
of ethics.