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| Preface | |
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| From Examining Room to Courtroom | |
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| Importance of Legal Knowledge to Medical Office Personnel | |
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| Duty of the Physician | |
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| Standard of Care | |
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| Parameters of Responsibility in the Medical Office | |
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| Practicing Medicine | |
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| Functioning Within the Legal System | |
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| The Hierarchy of Law | |
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| Administrative Law | |
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| Common Law | |
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| Medical Malpractice | |
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| Preparing A Case for Court | |
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| The Art of Examination | |
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| Crime and Punishment: Intent Makes the Difference | |
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| Division Between Criminal and Civil Law | |
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| Criminal Causes of Action Involving Health Care Personnel | |
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| Civil Causes of Action--Intentional Torts | |
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| Your Words may Form a Contract | |
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| Formation of a Contract | |
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| Classification of Contracts | |
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| Breach of Contract | |
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| Agency | |
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| Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) | |
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| Termination of Contracts | |
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| Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Case | |
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| Negligence or Malpractice? | |
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| Elements of a Civil Malpractice Suit | |
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| Informed Consent | |
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| Impact of Medical Malpractice Suits | |
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| Analysis of the Problem | |
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| Practicing Preventive Medicine in the Medical Office | |
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| Defenses to a Medical Malpractice Cause of Action | |
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| Malpractice Insurance | |
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| Product Liability | |
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| Health Care is Big Business | |
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| Business Structures of Medical Practice: Managed Care | |
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| Telemedicine | |
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| Government Regulation of the Medical Practitioner | |
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| Employment Law | |
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| Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) | |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | |
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| Telecommunications | |
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| Federal Age Discrimination Act (FADA) | |
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| Equal Pay Act | |
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| Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) | |
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| Workers' Compensation | |
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| Social Security | |
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| Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) | |
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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) | |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) | |
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| Medical Waste | |
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| Unions and Health Care Workers | |
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| Working Conditions | |
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| Collections | |
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| The Medical Record: The Medical Assistant's Responsibility | |
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| Ownership of the Medical Record | |
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| Types of Medical Records | |
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| Privacy and Privileged Communication | |
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| Access to the Medical Record | |
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| Credibility of the Medical Record | |
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| Introduction to Ethics | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Morals | |
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| Etiquette | |
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| Ethical Environment of Health Care | |
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| Importance of Studying Ethics | |
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| Privacy, Confidentiality, Privileged Communication: A Nexus of Law and Ethics | |
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| Disclosure of Personal Matters | |
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| The Medical Office | |
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| Limits of Confidentiality | |
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| Confidentiality as an Ethical Dilemma | |
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| The Right to Be Left Alone | |
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| Developing an Ethical Decision-Making Process | |
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| HIPAA | |
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| Birth and the Beginning of Life | |
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| Genetics | |
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| Rights of Couples to Have a Child | |
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| Rights of the Fetus | |
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| Rights of a Newborn | |
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| Rights of a Child | |
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| Autonomy Versus Paternalism for the Child | |
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| Allocation of Resources | |
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| Professional Ethics and the Living | |
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| Creeds | |
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| Time | |
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| Allocation of Resources | |
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| Experiments | |
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| Drug Testing on the Job | |
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| Autonomy Versus Paternalism | |
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| Ethics: Death and Dying | |
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| Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders (DNR) | |
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| Removal of Life Support | |
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| Formats for Advanced Directives | |
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| AIDS | |
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| The Geriatric Patient | |
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| Suicide | |
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| Appendix--Answers to Cases for Discussion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |