As a critical examination of the pervasive tension existing between defensive medicine and good, ethical patient care, this book investigates the impact of legalities on medical treatment. Physicians today are apprehensive about the threat of malpractice suits. Kapp explores the extent to which this fear is justified. He examines where physicians get their ideas about what the law forbids and requires, how physicians' perceptions of the law and medicine affect medical care, and whether these behavioral manifestations benefit or hurt a physician's ability to practice ethically. Kapp then...
As a critical examination of the pervasive tension existing between defensive medicine and good, ethical patient care, this book investigates the i...
Health care and human service professionals often experience anxiety about potential adverse legal repercussions for actions taken or not taken in the course of caring for patients or clients.
In this volume, professionally distinguished and diverse authors discuss both the real and perceived legal liability context within which health and human service delivery to older persons takes place. The benefits and costs of litigious, legislative, and regulatory interventions on the quality of care and the quality of life for recipients of geriatric services is evaluated. Most important,...
Health care and human service professionals often experience anxiety about potential adverse legal repercussions for actions taken or not taken in ...
As the American population ages, health care for the elderly grows in importance. This bibliography overviews the most significant books and journal articles on the ethical issues related to health care for older Americans. The topics covered are of interest to practitioners and the general public alike, as well as to professionals from a wide range of fields. The author has provided more than five hundred bibliographic citations. These entries are arranged in eleven topical chapters to facilitate use by the reader. Each citation is accompanied by an annotation that concisely summarizes...
As the American population ages, health care for the elderly grows in importance. This bibliography overviews the most significant books and journa...
A Wide Variety Of Legal Issues Surround Caring For Older Individuals. Health And Human Service Practioners Need To Plan, Provide And Evaluate Geriatric Care, While Also Understanding Public Policies. Legal Knowledge Is An Essential Part Of Caring For The Elderly. Students And Professionals Must Be Able To Deliver Appropriate Care While Also Being Aware Of Any Legal, Ethical And Political Issues That May Arise. Legal Aspects Of Elder Care Provides A Clear Overview Of Geriatric Policies And Laws, Enabling The Reader To Use Informed Decision-Making With Older Clients.
A Wide Variety Of Legal Issues Surround Caring For Older Individuals. Health And Human Service Practioners Need To Plan, Provide And Evaluate Geriatri...
Kapp's annotated list of 617 titles, in 13 sections, focuses on sources that discuss the identifiable body of law concerned with personal and institutional relationships, implicated by the delivery of health care for the elderly.' This work is meant for health professionals, attorneys, researchers, educators, and advanced students. The succinct yet informative annotations cover references from January 1, 1980, to August 31, 1987. . . . Highly recommended. "Choice"
Legal questions relating to health care for the elderly have grown increasingly numerous and complex. While these issues...
Kapp's annotated list of 617 titles, in 13 sections, focuses on sources that discuss the identifiable body of law concerned with personal and insti...
