The Law of Healthcare Administration

Brief Contents......Page 6
Detailed Contents
......Page 8
Preface
......Page 16
Chapter 1 The Anglo-American Legal System
......Page 22
Chapter 2 A Brief History of Medicine
......Page 48
Chapter 3 Health Reform, Access to Care, and Admission and Discharge
......Page 82
Chapter 4 Contracts and Intentional Torts
......Page 134
Chapter 5 Negligence
......Page 162
Chapter 6 The Organization and Management of a Corporate Healthcare Institution
......Page 202
Chapter 7 Liability of the Healthcare Institution
......Page 238
Chapter 8 Medical Staff Privileges and Peer Review
......Page 274
Chapter 9 Health Information Management
......Page 322
Chapter 10 Emergency Care
......Page 368
Chapter 11 Consent for Treatment and Withholding Consent
......Page 400
Chapter 12 Taxation of Healthcare Institutions
......Page 460
Chapter 13 Competition and Antitrust Law
......Page 490
Chapter 14 Issues of Reproduction and Birth
......Page 526
Chapter 15 Fraud Laws and Corporate Compliance
......Page 568
Glossary
......Page 606
Case Index
......Page 612
Index
......Page 624
About the Author
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