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Glencoe Law and Ethics for Medical Careers, Third Edition
0-07-828940-8
© 2004
304 pages
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Product Description
Glencoe Law & Ethics for Medical Careers, Third Edition is a text-workbook that provides an overview of the complex legal, moral, and ethical issues relevant to medical careers. Students in all health-related courses must acquire a working knowledge of these issues. This text guides students through the major legal and ethical questions that may arise on the job.
The third edition includes a new chapter on the beginning of life, and coverage in the areas of emancipated minors, confidentiality, managed care, and the contractual relationship between patients and physicians. Bioethical coverage includes organ transplants, fetal research, living wills, in vitro fertilization, right to die, genetic engineering, AIDS testing, and abortion.
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Features:
- CHECK YOUR PROGRESS allows students to test their comprehension of material just read.
- VOICE OF EXPERIENCE illustrates real-life experiences that are related to text material. Excellent for classroom discussions.
- ON THE JOB quotes health care practitioners in various locations throughout the United States as they encounter problems or situations relevant to material discussed in the text.
- YOU BE THE JUDGE presents case study scenarios for students’ consideration followed by critical thinking questions.
- FYI (For Your Information) provides information supplementary to text material. These features provide a variety of perspectives on issues discussed within the text.
- COURT CASES present lawsuits that illustrate points made in the text. In each case, students consider the relevance of the case to health care practitioners and note the verdict. The legal citations at the end of each court case indicate where to find the complete text of a case.
End-of-chapter REVIEW AND CASE STUDIES include the following:
- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE applications cover facts given and points made in the text to test students comprehensive of the material.
- CASE STUDIES allow students to use their critical thinking skills and knowledge gained from the material to decide how to resolve the real-life situations or theoretical scenarios presented.
- INTERNET ACTIVITIES familiarize students with resources available on the Internet. Activities are designed to increase students’ knowledge of text material and to gain expertise in using the Internet as a resource.
The Instructor Manual with Presentation Software includes teaching strategies, answer keys, transparency masters, SCANS, CMA, and RMA correlations. The Instructor CD-ROM, which is included in the Instructor Manual, contains additional case studies not included in the text. These case studies are excellent for class discussions. The case studies include thought-provoking questions, as well as the actual case verdicts. The Instructor CD-ROM also includes ExamView® Pro test generator.
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Table of Contents:
Part I: The Foundations of Law and Ethics
Chapter 1 Introduction to Law and Ethics
Chapter 2 Working in a Health Care Profession
Chapter 3 Law, the Courts and Contracts
Part II: Legal Issues for Working Health Care Practitioners
Chapter 4 Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
Chapter 5 Defenses to Liability Suits
Chapter 6 Medical Records and Informed Consent
Part III: Health Care Practitioners in the Workplace and the Community
Chapter 7 Physicians’ Public Duties and Responsibilities
Chapter 8 Workplace Legalities
Chapter 9 The Beginning of Life and Childhood
Part IV: Social, Interpersonal and Professional Issues for Health Care Practitioners
Chapter 10 Bioethics: Social Issues
Chapter 11 Interpersonal Relationships and Practice Matters
Chapter 12 Death and Dying
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Ancillaries:
Student Edition
Student Edition with GHOST Tutorial CD-ROM
Instructor Manual with Instructor Presentation Software and ExamView® Pro Test Generator CD-ROM |
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