Medical Ethics, Malpractice Law, Health Law - Medical Law & Legislation, Nursing Issues
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Overview
In today's litigious society, you need to know how the law can protect you as a nurse practitioner -- and how it can hurt you, too. This book guides you step-by-step through the myriad legal issues affecting your profession, offering clear guidelines and proactive measures that will help you make sound decisions in the ever-changing health care arena.The clear-cut winner, this indispensable new reference provides complete, up-to-date coverage of the legal issues that matter to you most, including:
- Certification requirements, scope of practice, and standards of care.
- Prescriptive authority in all 50 states
- Credentialing, collaborative agreements, and cotnract negotiations
- Ways to avoid abuse and fraud
- U.S. Supreme Court rulings on abortion, organ transplantation, confidentiality, informed consent, right to die, euthanasia, and more.
Written by leading nurse attorneys with advice from the top experts in health care law, this reference gives you:
- Concise solutions to controversial ethical dilemmas, patients' rights issues, and conflicts with colleagues
- Recommendations on how to respond to a malpractice summons, prepare for interrogatories and depositions, and defend your testimony in a cross-examination
- Authoritative guidelines for documentation, prescription writing, professional liability coverage, and more.
Book Details
Published
May 1, 2001
Publisher
Springhouse Publishing Co ,U.S.
Pages
384
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781582550978