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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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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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Statutory Law | |
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Administrative Law | |
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Common Law | |
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Medical Malpractice | |
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Preparing Your Case for Court | |
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The Art of Examination | |
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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 Managed 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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The Civil and Criminal Case Processes | |
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Answers to Cases for Discussion | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |