Law and Criminology (R0) - Laws of Medicine

• 07 september 2022
• 9783031081620

Samenvatting:

This book provides an overview of the US laws that affect clinical practice for healthcare professionals with no legal background.

Divided into thirteen sections, each chapter starts with a summary of the chapter’s content and relevant legal concepts in bullet points before discussing the topics in detail. An application section is provided in many chapters to clarify essential issues by reflecting on clinically relevant case law or clinical vignette(s).

Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this comprehensive guide gives healthcare professionals an understanding or a starting point to legal aspects of healthcare.