Preface | |
From Examining Room to Courtroom | |
Importance of Legal Knowledge to Medical Office Personnel | |
Duty of the Physician | |
Standard of Care | |
Parameters of Responsibility in the Medical Office | |
Practicing Medicine | |
Functioning Within the Legal System | |
The Hierarchy of Law | |
Administrative Law | |
Common Law | |
Medical Malpractice | |
Preparing A Case for Court | |
The Art of Examination | |
Crime and Punishment: Intent Makes the Difference | |
Division Between Criminal and Civil Law | |
Criminal Causes of Action Involving Health Care Personnel | |
Civil Causes of Action--Intentional Torts | |
Your Words may Form a Contract | |
Formation of a Contract | |
Classification of Contracts | |
Breach of Contract | |
Agency | |
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) | |
Termination of Contracts | |
Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Case | |
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 | |
Product Liability | |
Health Care is Big Business | |
Business Structures of Medical Practice: Managed Care | |
Telemedicine | |
Government Regulation of the Medical Practitioner | |
Employment Law | |
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) | |
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | |
Telecommunications | |
Federal Age Discrimination Act (FADA) | |
Equal Pay Act | |
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) | |
Workers' Compensation | |
Social Security | |
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) | |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) | |
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) | |
Medical Waste | |
Unions and Health Care Workers | |
Working Conditions | |
Collections | |
The Medical Record: The Medical Assistant's Responsibility | |
Ownership of the Medical Record | |
Types of Medical Records | |
Privacy and Privileged Communication | |
Access to the Medical Record | |
Credibility of the Medical Record | |
Introduction to Ethics | |
Ethics | |
Morals | |
Etiquette | |
Ethical Environment of Health Care | |
Importance of Studying Ethics | |
Privacy, Confidentiality, Privileged Communication: A Nexus of Law and Ethics | |
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 | |
HIPAA | |
Birth and the Beginning of Life | |
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 | |
Professional Ethics and the Living | |
Creeds | |
Time | |
Allocation of Resources | |
Experiments | |
Drug Testing on the Job | |
Autonomy Versus Paternalism | |
Ethics: Death and Dying | |
Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders (DNR) | |
Removal of Life Support | |
Formats for Advanced Directives | |
AIDS | |
The Geriatric Patient | |
Suicide | |
Appendix--Answers to Cases for Discussion | |
Glossary | |
Bibliography | |
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