With coverage of both legal and ethical issues, this text gives you the foundation to handle common health care challenges in everyday practice. The new edition also includes a variety of exercises to help reinforce text content, as well as updated examples and case studies to help you apply information to professional practice.

• Detailed coverage of current legal and ethical issues and case law help facilitate classroom discussion and make concepts more relevant.
• What If? boxes present ethical dilemmas and help you apply concepts from the book to real-life examples.
• Updated case studies discuss the issues faced in a variety of healthcare settings.

• What If? boxes present ethical dilemmas and help you apply concepts from the book to real-life examples.
• Updated Case Studies discuss the issues faced in a variety of healthcare settings.
• A revised Imaging Liability and Litigation chapter describes how society holds healthcare workers accountable in the workplace.
• Important HIPAA information includes the latest privacy guidelines along with ethical and legal implications.