Law and Health Care Quality, Patient Safety, and Medical Liability, 7th (American Casebook Series)
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Law and Health Care Quality, Patient Safety, and Medical Liability, 7th (American Casebook Series)
This book offers a current overview of Patient Safety and the federal and state policy decisions and legislation that has redefined the field of medical error and turned it into a broader and more complex field of legal study. The text combines a detailed presentation of current federal and state legislation aimed at Patient Safety, with particular attention to the Affordable Care Act provisions, along with up-to-date analysis of tort liability. All aspects of health care liability are considered -- from physicians to hospitals, managed care organizations, and outpatient settings. Informed consent, HIPAA, EMTALA and other sources of liability are considered, covering all the liability/quality issues that an in-house counsel or a plaintiff or defense attorney can expect to confront in today's health care environment. New developments in state and federal regulation of "Never Events"and Hospital-Acquired conditions is considered, along with the rapidly changing research on medical advers
