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You are here > Home > Reading Lists & Books > Law & Compliance Books > Legal Aspects of Elder Care Legal Aspects of Elder Care Hardcover: 356 pages
Planning, providing, and evaluating geriatric care raises a wide variety of legal issues for health and human services practitioners and those who advocate for, develop, and enforce the public policies within which services are delivered.
For the healthcare professional, it will inform and sensitize those who will deal with older persons about some of the current and potentially emerging legal issues they may encounter in providing services to older patients/clients, and to help them respond intelligently to legal issues and the responsibilities they impose. Topics covered include:
This
reference offers excerpts from selected statutes and regulations, judicial
opinions, and the legal and health care journal literature, as well as
commentary on these materials, discussion questions and hypothetical cases,
and suggestions of other information sources for the professional,
healthcare managers, teachers and students. Marshall Kapp, J.D., M.P.H., FCLM, is the Garwin Distinguished Professor of Law and Medicine at Southern Illinois University Schools of Law and Medicine. He also is Professor Emeritus from Wright State University School of Medicine and served for over 20 years as a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Dayton School of Law. He is the current Editor of the American College of Legal Medicine’s Journal of Legal Medicine and serves on the editorial boards of several other major journals in the health law field. Professor Kapp is the recipient of the Gerontological Society of America’s 2003 Donald P. Kent Award for exemplifying the highest standards for professional leadership in gerontology through teaching, service, and interpretation of gerontology to the larger society. He has published and spoken extensively on topics in health law, medical ethics, and law and aging. You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go Back to Pages / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore |
