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Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration, 10th Edition
George Pozgar, MBA, CHE

Tenth Edition
Cloth cover, 500+ pages
ISBN: 0763739278 
9780763739270
Jones & Bartlett
December 2006
(click the button below for the very best currently available price for this important resource)

 

This classic book has been revised and updated with the most current information on law and the health care industry.

With more summary tables, less legal jargon, and over 35 new, actual court cases, the 10th edition presents a wide range of health care topics in a comprehensible and engaging manner that will carefully guide your students through the complex maze of the legal system. This is a book they will hold on to throughout their careers.

It presents a wide range of healthcare topics in a comprehensible and engaging manner that carefully guides its readers through the complex maze of the legal system. With over 100,000 copies sold, it is clear that readers turn to George Pozgar time and again to make the legal aspects of health care administration meaningful. This book provides discussion and resources for the following topics:

  • Historical Perspective
  • Introduction to Law
  • Tort Law
  • Criminal Aspects of Health Care
  • Contracts and Antitrust
  • Civil Procedure and Trial Practice
  • Corporate Structure and Liability
  • Medical Staff
  • Nursing and the Law
  • Liability by Departments and Health Care Professionals
  • Information Management and Health Care Records
  • Patient Consent
  • Legal Reporting Requirements
  • Issues of Procreation
  • Patient Rights and Responsibilities
  • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • Health Care Ethics
  • Professional Liability Insurance
  • Labor Relations
  • Employment, Discipline, and Discharge
  • Managed Care and Organizational Restructuring
  • Tort Reform and Reducing the Risk of Malpractice
  • Patient Safety and Zero Tolerance
  • Worldwide Search
  • Journey to Excellence
  • Glossary

Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration is a well-written guidebook for healthcare professionals containing accurate information concerning a multitude of legal and practical issues affecting the industry.” --Barbara Pope, CHFP, Healthcare Financial Management

This is the latest edition of an enduring reference intended for health care professionals, providing explanations, definitions, and case examples on the major issues in health care law. Actual court cases are presented throughout the book to bring the legal information to life and help readers to confidently apply the information to their daily professional lives. 

You may also be interested in Legal Essentials of Health Care Administration by the same author.

“…just the right mix of health law concepts and cases… I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a new health law text” —Dr. Kourtney Nieves (Scharoun), Ph.D, University of Central Florida

"Right level of complexity; readable to the non-lawyer; good reference book after course is over; very good visual layout; great chapter summaries." --Sharol F. Jacobson, Associate Dean for Research and Practice/Professor, University of Alabama

The most trusted resource in healthcare law is this classic text from George Pozgar, now completely revised. The 10th edition will provide your students with the most up-to-date information on the newest laws affecting the healthcare industry, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley act. Course instruction is made easy with helpful instructor resources such as PowerPoint™ slides, Instructor’s Manual, TestBank, answers to chapter review questions, and more.

George D. Pozgar, MBA, CHE, is President of his own consulting firm, Gp Health Care Consulting, in Annapolis, Maryland. Mr. Pozgar has consulted, been an instructor in ethics, and surveyed and reviewed ethical issues as part of the survey process in more than 600 hospitals across the nation. His experience as a hospital administrator, health care surveyor, educator, consultant, and author has served him well in preparation for this text Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals. Mr. Pozgar has served on the Editorial Board of The Health Care Supervisor and has authored all nine editions of Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration, as well as Jones and Bartlett’s Long Term Care and the Law, and Case Law in Health Administration.

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