Law, Liability, and Ethics

by Flight, Myrtle

• ISBN13: 9780827381834
• ISBN10: 0827381832
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-05
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Former Brandon/Hill Allied Health selection for students in medical office administration programs. Includes objectives, vocabularies, chapter summaries, and case studies. Second edition: c1993. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(2)
Acknowledgments	ix
CHAPTER 1 -- From Examining Room to Courtroom	1	(14)
Importance of Legal Knowledge to Medical Office Personnel
Duty of the Physician
Standard of Care
Parameters of Responsibility in the Medical Office
Practicing Medicine
CHAPTER 2 -- Functioning Within the Legal System	15	(12)
Statutory Law
Administrative Law
Common Law
Medical Malpractice
Preparing Your Case for Court
The Art of Examination
CHAPTER 3 -- Intent Makes the Difference	27	(42)
Division Between Criminal and Civil Law
Criminal Causes of Action Involving Health Care Personnel
Civil Causes of Action--Intentional Torts
CHAPTER 4 -- Your Words May From a Contract	69	(22)
Formation of a Contract
Classification of Contracts
Breach of Contract
Agency
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
Termination of Contracts
CHAPTER 5 -- Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Case	91	(44)
Negligence or Malpractice?
Elements of a Civil Malpractice Suit
Informed Consent
Impact of Medical Malpractice Suits
Analysis of the Problem
Practicing Preventive Medicine in the Medical Office
Defenses to a Medical Malpractice Cause of Action
Malpractice Insurance
Products Liability
CHAPTER 6 -- Health Care Is Big Business	135	(36)
Business Structures of Medical Practice: Managed Care
Telemedicine
Government Regulation of the Medical Practitioner
Employment Law
Family and Medical Leave Act
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Telecommunications
Federal Age Discrimination Act (FADA)
Equal Pay Act
Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA)
Workers' Compensation
Social Security
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Medical Waste
Unions and Health Care Workers
Working Conditions
Collections
CHAPTER 7 -- The Medical Record: The Medical Assistant's Responsibility	171	(28)
Ownership of the Medical Record
Types of Medical Records
Privacy and Privileged Communication
Access to the Medical Record
Credibility of the Medical Record
CHAPTER 8 -- Introduction to Ethics	199	(14)
Ethics
Morals
Etiquette
Ethical Environment of Managed Care
Importance of Studying Ethics
CHAPTER 9 -- Privacy, Confidentiality, Privileged Communication: A Nexus of Law and Ethics	213	(18)
Disclosure of Personal Matters
The Medical Office
Limits of Confidentiality
Confidentiality as an Ethical Dilemma
The Right to Be Left Alone
Developing an Ethical Decision-Making Process
CHAPTER 10 -- Birth and the Beginning of Life	231	(18)
Genetics
Rights of Couples to Have a Child
Rights of the Fetus
Rights of a Newborn
Rights of a Child
Autonomy versus Paternalism for the Child
Allocation of Resources
CHAPTER 11 -- Professional Ethics and the Living	249	(20)
Creeds
Time
Allocation of Resources
Experiments
Drug Testing on the Job
Autonomy Versus Paternalism
CHAPTER 12 -- Ethics: Death and Dying	269	(18)
Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders (DNR)
Removal of Life Support
Living Wills
Durable Power of Attorney
AIDS
The Geriatric Patient
Suicide
Appendix	287	(2)
Glossary	289	(16)
Bibliography	305	(12)
Index	317