Laws of Medicine: Core Legal Aspects for the Healthcare Professional

by Amirala S. Pasha (Editor)

Overview

This book provides an overview of the US laws that affect clinical practice for healthcare professionals with no legal background.

Divided into thirteen sections, each chapter starts with a summary of the chapter’s content and relevant legal concepts in bullet points before discussing the topics in detail. An application section is provided in many chapters to clarify essential issues by reflecting on clinically relevant case law or clinical vignette(s). 

Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this comprehensive guide gives healthcare professionals an understanding or a starting point to legal aspects of healthcare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031081620
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	09/07/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

​Amirala S. Pasha, DO, JD, FACP, FCLMAssistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo ClinicGeneral Internal Medicine200 First Street SWRochester, MN 55905
Assistant Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic

Senior Associate Consultant, Full time, General Internal Medicine,Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine

Table of Contents

Part I : Introduction to US Legal System.- 1. U.S. Government.- 2. The Courts.- 3. Anatomy of a Lawsuit.- 4. Contract Law.- Part II : Public Health Law.- 5. Public Health Law.- Part III : Access to Care.- 6. Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).- 7. Healthcare Reform.- Part IV : Tort Law.- 8. Malpractice.- 9. Liability in Reproduction and Birth.- 10. Product Liability.- Part V : Admin Law.- 11. Administrative Law - And Its Application in Health Law.- 12. Licensing Boards.- Part VI : Federal Regulations.- 13. Health Privacy, Security, and Information Management.- 14. Corporate Practice of Medicine.- 15. Transparency and the Federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act.- 16. Labor and Employment Issues for Clinicians.- Part VII : Fraud and Abuse.- 17. The False Claims Act.- 18. The Anti-Kickback Statute.- 19. The Stark Law.- 20. Office of Inspector General Administrative Authorities.- 21. Criminal Healthcare Fraud.-Part VIII : Antitrust.- 22. Antitrust Law.- Part IX : FDA Law.- 23. Drug and Medical Device Law.- 24. Tobacco Regulations.- 25. Artificial Intelligence: A Legal Landscape.- Part X : Intellectual Property Law.- 26. Patent Law.- 27. Copyright and Trademark Law.- Part XI : Mental Health Law.- 28. Psychiatric Hospitalization and Civil Commitment.- 29. Confidentiality and Privilege.- Part XII : Law and Bioethics.- 30. Informed Consent.- 31. Right to Decisional Privacy.- 32. Human Subjects Research.- 33. Next-Generation Genomic Sequencing and Clinician Liability.- 34. Decisions Near the End of Life.- Part XIII : Right to Healthcare.- 35. Is There a Right to Health in U.S.?.- 36. Healthcare is a Right.