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Legal Medicine: Health Care Law and Medical Ethics

Legal Medicine: Health Care Law and Medical Ethics

by American College of Legal Medicine
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**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Medicolegal Issues**
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Medical Ethics**

Authored by the two primary organizations in the field, Legal Medicine: Health Care Law and Medical Ethics, 8th Edition, remains the premier treatise in this increasingly important area of medical practice. In the midst of a progressively litigious culture, this essential reference provides up-to-date information on topics surrounding professional medical liability, the business aspects of medical practice, and medicolegal and ethical issues, offering comprehensive discussions on a myriad of topics that health care professionals face every day.

  • Addresses the legal aspects of almost every medical topic that impacts health care professionals, using actual case studies to illustrate nuances in the law
  • Offers the expert guidance of top professionals across medical and legal fields in an easy-to-read format
  • Includes new chapters on Legal Medicine History; Healthcare Technology; Patients with Infectious Diseases (HIV Infection and COVID-19); General Pain Management; Opioids and Illicit Drugs: Misuse, Abuse and Addiction; Cannabis (Marijuana); Drug (Treatment) Courts; and Public Health Law and Policy
  • Provides authoritative information on current issues such as the high costs of medical liability insurance for practitioners and organizations; changes in health care and the law, including HIPAA and patient privacy; the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the opioid epidemic, and more
  • Features Key Points boxes to open every chapter, Pearls boxes to call out important details, additional diagrams and tables throughout, a glossary of medical terms, and updated references and suggested readings
  • Serves as the syllabus for the Board Review Course of the American Board of Legal Medicine (ABLM)
  • Enhanced eBook includes complimentary access to the 3rd edition of the ABLM Board Review Exam & Study Guide, containing 2000 review questions and answers
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

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BrandElsevier
Pub dateSep 10, 2024
ISBN-100443121281
ISBN-139780443121289
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions10.8 × 0.6 × 8.5 in
Weight3 lb
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