Health law & medical ethics for healthcare professionals

Conversational, relevant, and engaging, HEALTH LAW AND MEDICAL ETHICS, 1/e is today's most effective introduction to health law and medical ethics.

The only book of its kind, it combines a visual, engaging, and modern design with scrupulous accuracy about the law, reflecting the author's experience as a legal professional.

It addresses the most recent trends in law and ethics, treating both areas with equal depth and insight, and demonstrating their deep interconnections.

Coverage includes: how the law works; responsibilities of healthcare professionals; medical records, insurance, torts, and negligence; ethical decision-making; the beginning and end of life; bioethics; the future of healthcare, issues associated with diversity, and much more.

Pedagogical features include many case studies and case analyses, Legal Alert and "Concept Application" boxes, discussion questions, and a glossary.