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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments and Contributors | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Introduction to Ethics | |
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| Human Behavior, Value Development, and Needs | |
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| Moral Development | |
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| Needs | |
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| Ethical Concepts | |
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| Ethical Theories | |
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| Rights and Decision Making | |
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| The Nature of Rights | |
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| Moral Rights | |
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| Legal Rights | |
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| Patients' Rights and the Patient Care Partnership | |
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| Decision Making and Surgical Conscience | |
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| International Ethical Codes | |
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| Declaration of Helsinki | |
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| Nuremberg Code | |
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| Geneva Conventions | |
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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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| Specific Ethical Issues | |
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| Ethical Issues in Health Care | |
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| Human Experimentation and Clinical Research | |
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| Genetic Engineering, Reproductive Technology, and Stem Cell Research | |
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| Life and Death | |
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| Quality versus Quantity of Life | |
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| End of Life Issues | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Elective Sterilization | |
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| HIV and AIDS | |
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| Gender Reassignment | |
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| Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources | |
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| Employee Health Conditions and Privacy | |
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| Legal Concepts | |
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| Concepts in Professional Practice Law | |
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| Introduction to the Law | |
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| Sources of Law | |
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| Common Law | |
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| Constitutional Law | |
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| Statutory Law | |
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| Administrative Law | |
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| Types of Law | |
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| Public versus Private Law | |
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| Criminal versus Civil Law | |
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| Legal Doctrines and Principles Related to Health Care | |
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| Res Ipsa Loquitur | |
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| Captain of the Ship | |
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| Informed Consent | |
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| Foreseeability | |
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| Primum Non Nocere | |
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| Aeger Primo | |
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| Good Samaritan Statutes | |
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| The Litigation Process | |
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| Alternative Dispute Resolution | |
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| Health Laws and Regulations | |
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| Bodies That Regulate Health Care | |
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| Professional Health Care Associations | |
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| Accrediting Agencies | |
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| Governmental Agencies and Private Organizations | |
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| Managed Care, DRGs, and Insurance Programs | |
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| Managed Care | |
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| Diagnosis-Related Groups | |
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| Insurance Programs | |
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| Regulating Health Insurance and Information | |
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| Hospital Organization and Management | |
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| Hospital Policy and Procedures | |
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| Scope of Practice | |
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| Credentialing | |
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| Certification | |
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| Registration | |
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| Licensure | |
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| Continuing Education | |
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| Professional Standards of Conduct | |
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| Malpractice and Negligence | |
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| Legal Risks and Responsibilities of the Surgical Team | |
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| Informed Consent | |
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| Special Circumstances | |
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| Minors and Consent | |
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| The Right to Refuse Treatment | |
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| Documentation | |
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| Risk Management and Liability | |
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| What Is Risk Management? | |
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| The Role of the Risk Management Department | |
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| The Role of All Team Members in Risk Management | |
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| Risk Management Issues in Surgical Services and Related Departments | |
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| Surgical Services | |
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| Related Departments | |
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| Administrative Practice in Risk Management | |
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| Prevention Practices and Interventions | |
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| Whistle-Blowing | |
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| Ethics Committees | |
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| Professional Liability Insurance Policies | |
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| Principles of Professionalism | |
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| Professional Practices | |
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| Teamwork | |
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| Team Management | |
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| Team Goals | |
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| Total Quality Management (TQM) | |
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| Group Dynamics | |
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| Groups | |
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| Conflict | |
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| Behaviors | |
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| Cultural Perspectives | |
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| Leadership | |
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| What Makes a Leader? | |
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| Leadership Styles | |
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| Communication Skills | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | |
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| Precepting and Training | |
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| Affective Behaviors | |
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| Employability Skills | |
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| AST Code of Ethics for Surgical Technologists | |
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| Association of Surgical Technologists Code of Ethics | |
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| Standards of Practice for the Surgical Technologist | |
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| The AMA Principles of Medical Ethics | |
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| Code of Ethics for Related Health Professions | |
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| EMT Code of Ethics | |
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| Code of Ethics for Dental Hygienists | |
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| Code of Ethics for Radiologic Technologists | |
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| AAMA Medical Assistant Code of Ethics | |
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| Code of Ethics for Pharmacists | |
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| Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession | |
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| Nurses Code of Ethics | |
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| The Patient Care Partnership | |
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| Declaration of Professional Responsibility | |
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| Medicine's Social Contract with Society | |
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| Hippocratic Oath | |
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| The Geneva Conventions | |
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| The International Code of Ethics | |
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| The Declaration of Geneva | |
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| Nuremberg Code | |
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| The Declaration of Helsinki | |
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| Real Life Case Summaries Referenced by Chapters | |
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| Index | |