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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Processes for Thinking About the U.S. Health Care System | |
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| Introduction to Health Law | |
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| Overview Of Specific Health Laws | |
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| Health Care Compliance Programs | |
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| Antitrust and Regulation of Health Care Providers | |
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| Access To Health Care | |
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| Access to and Reimbursement for Medically Necessary Health Care | |
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| Medicaid and Equal Access to Medically Necessary Health Care | |
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| Medicare Reforms | |
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| Affordable Health Care | |
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| Mutually Affordable Health Care | |
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| Patient Rights and Responsibilities | |
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| Tort Reform and Reducing the Risk of Malpractice | |
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| Staffing Of Health Care Systems | |
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| Human Resources Departments | |
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| Employers' Health Care Costs | |
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| Labor and Management Relations | |
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| Strategic Health Care Restructurings | |
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| Managed Care and Other Strategic Health Care Restructurings | |
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| Integration Deals in the Health Care Sector | |
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| Business Process Outsourcing | |
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| Producers Of Medical Products | |
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| Pharmaceuticals | |
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| Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals | |
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| Medical Devices | |
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| Health Information Technology | |
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| Improving The Quality Of Health Care | |
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| Disease Management and the Patient-Physician Relationship | |
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| Evidence-Based Medicine | |
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| Improving Patient Safety and Decreasing Medical Error | |
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| Our Health Care System's Response To Illness | |
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| Human Body Parts Industry | |
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| Organ Procurement and Transplantation | |
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| HIV/AIDS Pandemic | |
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| Mental Health | |
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| End-Of-Life Health Care | |
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| Hospice Care | |
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| Mature Minor Rights to Refuse Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment | |
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| Care of the Critically Ill and Dying | |
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| Our Health Care System's Response To New Technologies | |
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| Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine | |
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| Reprogenics and Assisted Reproductive Medicine | |
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| Additional Pressing Issues Facing Our Health Care System | |
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| Global Pandemics and Public Health Emergency Threats | |
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| Health Care Issues for Women | |
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| Clinical Trials | |
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| Food Safety | |
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| Environmental Safety | |
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| Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Future Prospects: Health Care Management and the Law | |