Law & Ethics for Medical Careers

by Judson, Karen; Hicks, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9780028047553
• ISBN10: 0028047559
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

Summary

This text prepares students to understand the legal and ethical issues inherent to working in a medical office. The text includes informative legal cases, anecdotes, and sidebars related to health-related careers. The 1997 AAMA Role Delineation Areas of Competence was used as a guide for preparing each chapter.

Table of Contents

To the Student	vii	(2)
AAMA Role Delineation Study Areas of Competence Correlation Chart	ix	(1)
Acknowledgments	x
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Law and Ethics	1	(13)
Why Study Law and Ethics?	2	(2)
Comparing Aspects of Law and Ethics	4	(5)
Law	4	(1)
Ethics	5	(1)
Bioethics	6	(1)
Etiquette	7	(2)
Qualities of Successful Health Care Practitioners	9	(5)
CHAPTER 2 Working in a Health Care Profession	14	(22)
Licensure, Certification, and Registration	15	(1)
Reciprocity	15	(2)
Medical Practice Acts and Medical Boards	17	(2)
Health Care Professions	19	(3)
The Physician's License and Responsibilities	22	(3)
License Revocation or Suspension	22	(2)
Respondeat Superior	24	(1)
Medical Practice Management Systems	25	(1)
Sole Proprietorship	25	(1)
Partnership	25	(1)
Professional Corporation	26	(1)
Group Practice	26	(1)
Risk Management	26	(1)
Types of Managed Care	27	(3)
Health Maintenance Organizations	28	(1)
Preferred Provider Organizations	29	(1)
Physician-Hospital Organizations	29	(1)
Telemedicine	30	(6)
CHAPTER 3 Law and the Courts	36	(18)
The Basis for Laws	37	(1)
Sources of Law	38	(3)
Case Law	38	(1)
Statutory Law	39	(1)
Administrative Law	39	(2)
Classifications of Law	41	(2)
Criminal Law	41	(1)
Civil Law	42	(1)
Tort Liability	43	(3)
Intentional Torts	43	(2)
Unintentional Torts	45	(1)
The Court System	46	(8)
Federal Courts	46	(1)
State Courts	47	(7)
CHAPTER 4 Contracts	54	(20)
Basic Elements of Contract Law	55	(6)
Agreement	55	(1)
Consideration	56	(1)
Legal Subject Matter	56	(1)
Contractual Capacity	56	(5)
Types of Contracts	61	(2)
Expressed Contracts	61	(2)
Implied Contracts	63	(1)
The Physician-Patient Contract and Managed Care	63	(1)
The Physician's Rights and Responsibilities	64	(3)
The Patient's Rights and Responsibilities	67	(1)
Termination of Contracts	68	(2)
Law of Agency	70	(4)
CHAPTER 5 Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice	74	(24)
Liability	75	(1)
Standard of Care	76	(2)
Physicians	76	(1)
Other Health Care Practitioners	77	(1)
Privacy, Confidentiality, and Privileged Communication	78	(4)
The Tort of Negligence	82	(4)
Res Ipsa Loquitur	84	(1)
Damage Awards	85	(1)
Elements of a Lawsuit	86	(4)
Phases of a Lawsuit	86	(2)
Witness Testimony	88	(1)
Courtroom Conduct	89	(1)
Alternative Dispute Resolution	90	(8)
CHAPTER 6 Defenses to Liability Suits	98	(14)
Preventing Liability Suits	99	(3)
Standards of Care and Safety	99	(1)
Communication	100	(1)
Documentation	101	(1)
Types of Defenses	102	(5)
Denial	102	(1)
Affirmative Defenses	103	(1)
Technical Defenses	104	(3)
Professional Liability Insurance	107	(5)
CHAPTER 7 Medical Records and Informed Consent	112	(19)
Medical Records	113	(7)
Entries	113	(1)
Photographs, Videotaping, and Other Methods of Patient Imaging	114	(1)
Corrections	115	(1)
Ownership	115	(1)
Retention and Storage	116	(1)
Confidentiality	116	(1)
Technological Threats to Confidentiality	116	(2)
Release of Information	118	(2)
Consent	120	(4)
Informed Consent	120	(4)
When Consent is Unnecessary	124	(1)
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act	124	(2)
The National Organ Transplant Act	126	(5)
CHAPTER 8 Physicians' Public Duties and Responsibilities	131	(19)
Vital Statistics	132	(5)
Births	132	(2)
Deaths	134	(3)
Public Health Statutes	137	(13)
Communicable and Other Notifiable Diseases	137	(1)
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986	138	(2)
Reportable Injuries	140	(1)
Identifying Abuse	141	(1)
Drug Regulations	142	(8)
CHAPTER 9 Workplace Legalities	150	(18)
How the Law Affects the Workplace	151	(3)
Hiring and Firing	151	(1)
Affirmative Action	152	(1)
Sexual Harassment	152	(2)
Labor and Employment Laws	154	(2)
Employment Discrimination Laws	154	(1)
Wage and Hour Laws	155	(1)
Workplace Safety Laws	155	(1)
Other Terms of Employment	155	(1)
Employee Safety and Welfare	156	(6)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)	156	(1)
Workers' Compensation	157	(2)
Unemployment Insurance	159	(1)
Medical Hazard Regulations	159	(3)
Hiring and the New Employee	162	(6)
Interviews	162	(1)
Bonding	163	(1)
Employment Paperwork	163	(5)
CHAPTER 10 Bioethics: Social Issues	168	(24)
Codes of Ethics	169	(3)
AMA Ethical Guidelines	172	(20)
Abortion	172	(1)
Abuse	173	(1)
Allocation, Cost, and Service Issues	174	(1)
Capital Punishment	175	(1)
Research-Related Issues	176	(1)
Genetic-Related Issues	177	(2)
Artificial Insemination	179	(2)
In Vitro Fertilization	181	(1)
Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation	182	(2)
Choices for Life or Death	184	(3)
HIV Testing	187	(5)
CHAPTER 11 Interpersonal Relationships and Practice Matters	192	(20)
Ethics and the Business of Health Care	193	(1)
Interprofessional Relationships	193	(3)
Nonscientific Practitioners	193	(1)
Physicians' Orders	193	(1)
Referral of Patients	194	(1)
Sexual Harassment and Exploitation	195	(1)
Hospital Relationships	195	(1)
Communications Issues	196	(5)
Advertising	196	(1)
Telecommunication	197	(1)
Media Relationships	198	(1)
Confidentiality	198	(3)
Fees and Charges	201	(1)
Medical Records	202	(2)
Practice Matters	204	(2)
Conflicts of Interest	205	(1)
Managed Care	206	(1)
Professional Rights and Responsibilities	206	(6)
CHAPTER 12 Death and Dying	212	(21)
Attitudes Toward Death and Dying	213	(1)
Determination of Death	213	(2)
Teaching Health Care Practitioners to Care for Dying Patients	215	(1)
Landmark Events Concerning the Right to Die	216	(1)
Caring for Dying Patients	217	(2)
Palliative and Curative Care	218	(1)
Hospice Care	218	(1)
Planning Ahead	219	(5)
Living Will	221	(1)
Durable Power of Attorney	222	(1)
Health Care Proxy	222	(1)
Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Order	222	(1)
Organ Donor Directives	222	(2)
Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide	224	(1)
The Grieving Process	225	(8)
What is Grief?	225	(1)
Stages of Grief	226	(1)
Finding Support	227	(6)
Appendix 1 State Medical Boards	233	(4)
Appendix 2 Field Offices of EEOC	237	(2)
Appendix 3 State Workers' Compensation Directory	239	(6)
Glossary	245	(12)
Index	257