Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions, 4th Edition

With coverage of both legal and ethical issues, this text gives you the foundation to handle common health care challenges in everyday practice. Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions, 4^th Edition includes practice cases specifically developed for key allied health programs along with enhanced pedagogical content. Additionally, it features a variety of exercises to help reinforce content from the book, as well as updated coverage of medical records, privacy, patient consent and abuse, the impact of interprofessional team work, and key industry trends.

• Detailed coverage of current legal and ethical issues and case law help facilitate interesting and relevant discussions.
• What If? boxes present ethical dilemmas and help you?apply concepts from the book to real-life examples.
• Specialty practice cases provide practical application for specialties (Medical Assisting, MIBC, Pharm Tech, etc.) and help you relate your experience with practice.
• Increased coverage of the impact of interprofessional teamwork demonstrates the impact ethics have on health care work.