| Discipline: | Practice Med | | Subject Definition: | Critical Care-Legislation & Jurisprudence | | NLM Class: | WB 33 | | LC Class: | KF3825 | | Abstract: | The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine:A Resource for Clinicians, Administrators, and Risk Managersis a comprehensive resource intended toprovide a state-of-the-art overview of complexethical,regulatory, and legal issuesof importanceto clinical healthcare professionals in the area of acute care medicine; including, for example, physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and care managers. In addition, this book also covers key legal and regulatory issues relevant to non-clinicians, such as hospital and practice administrators; department heads, educators, and risk managers.This text reviews traditional and emerging areas of ethical and legal controversies in healthcare such as resuscitation; mass-casualty event response and triage; patient autonomy and shared decision-making; medical research and teaching;ethical and legal issues in the care of the mental health patient;and, medical record documentation and confidentiality. Furthermore, this volume includes chapters dedicated to criticallyimportanttopics, such as team leadership, the team model of clinical care, drug and device regulation, professional negligence, clinical education, the law of corporations, tele-medicine and e-health, medical errors and the culture of safety, regulatory compliance, the regulation of clinical laboratories, the law of insurance, anda practical overview of claims management and billing.Authoredby experts in the field, Clinicians, Administrators, and Risk Managersis a valuable resource for all clinical and non-clinical healthcareprofessionals. |
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