Health Administration Press Management Catalog - Spring 2018 - 24

LAW AND ETHICS

An ACHE Management
Series book
Softbound, 350 pp, 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-56793-578-3
Order code: CBCTS-2237, $82

An AUPHA/HAP book
Hardbound, 434 pp, 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-56793-637-7
Order code: CBCTS-2260, $110

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN
HEALTHCARE LAW AND ETHICS,
FOURTH EDITION

THE TRACKS WE LEAVE: ETHICS AND
MANAGEMENT DILEMMAS IN
HEALTHCARE, SECOND EDITION

Dean M. Harris, JD

Frankie Perry, RN, LFACHE

➤ Instructor Resources:
Test bank, PowerPoint slides for each chapter, and
a model answer to each of the activities in the text.

➤ Instructor Resources:
PowerPoint slides, discussion questions, and
minicases for breakout group analysis.

Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics, Fourth
Edition, examines the most important legal and ethical
issues in healthcare and presents essential information that
will help students learn to identify and tackle potential
legal problems.

Through a series of timely and relevant cases based on
real-life experiences, this book explores the kinds of
management dilemmas and moral challenges that confront healthcare managers on a day-to-day basis. Good
management requires making morally sound decisions and
understanding the ethical implications for your organization, community, patients, and your career.

This thoroughly revised edition includes new information
and extensive updates on topics such as:
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(ACA), including legal requirements about health
insurance and health reform
The 2012 Supreme Court decision regarding the
individual mandate to buy health insurance, the
penalty for not having insurance, and the expansion of
Medicaid
Ongoing legal challenges to mandated contraceptive
coverage and whether federal subsidies may be
provided for coverage that is purchased through a
federally operated exchange
New legal obligations for tax-exempt hospitals under
the ACA and federal regulations
Important changes to Medicare and Medicaid
Other changes to laws about abortion, physicianassisted suicide, privacy of medical information, and
reform of medical malpractice laws.

New to this edition are more activities that apply legal
principles in the text to specific facts. Also, an in-text glossary has been added.
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In this updated edition, readers will explore the interrelatedness of ethics and management and common barriers to
ethical decisions. In-depth analyses of cases and strategic
discussions bring to life these complex issues:
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Diversity management
Information technology
Disaster planning
Medical errors
Physician impairment
Conflict of interest
Sexual harassment and gender discrimination
Workforce reduction
Mergers
Conflicting moral demands

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