Product Description: Bioethics and Public Health Law is based on Part II--The Patient, the Provider, and the State, of parent book Health Care Law and Ethics, and adds additional coverage a variety of issues and topics not covered in the parent book. Integrating public health, financial and ethical issues, this casebook uses compelling case law, clear notes, compelling problems and comprehensive background information to illuminate the complex and dynamic field of bioethics and public health care law...read more

This volume reprints and updates materials from the 2003 edition of Health Care and Ethics. Hall (law and public health, Wake Forest U.), Bobinski (law, U. of British Columbia) and Orentlicher (law, Indiana U. School of Law) promote a conceptualization of health care law that is organized around patient/physician relationships, state oversight of doctors and patients, and the institutions surrounding treatment relationships. The authors develop the themes of quality, ethics, access and cost throughout these three topics. They use two overview cases, In re Baby K and Wickline v. State, to illustrate the concepts discussed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

<p> <br /><b>Health Care Law and Ethics, Seventh Edition</b>, embodies a relationship-oriented approach to health law, and it offers comprehensive coverage of essential topics as well as current and controversial subjects. The new edition of this pioneering casebook is well suited for courses ranging from health law surveys to more specialized courses dealing with medical malpractice or bioethics. </p> <p> <b>Among the features that have made this casebook a success: </b></p> <ul> <li> ;a logical and straightforward organization, providing coverage under three main areas: <b>The Provider and the Patient; The Patient, the Provider, and the State; and Institutions, Providers, and the State </b> </li> <li> ;<b>coverage of important current issues in health care law</b>, including federalism issues, consumer-driven health care and health savings accounts, prescription drug coverage, specialty hospitals, medical malpractice reform, and constitutionality issues over restricting access to health care </li> <li> ;an <b>excellent Teacher’s Manual</b> provides sample syllabi as well as teaching notes </li> <li> ;<b>a companion website</b> (www.health-law.org) with updates and supplemental material by chapter, significant developments since publication, and errata </li> </ul> <p> <b>The Seventh Edition includes coverage of cases and laws influencing today’s health care law: </b> </p> <ul> <li> ;Oregon’s <b>assisted suicide</b> law cases </li> <li> ;California <b>medical marijuana</b> case </li> <li> ;<i>Aetna v. Davila</i> (2004) on managed care liability and ERISA pre-emption </li> <li> ;new <b>Medicare Part D</b> covering prescription drugs </li> <li> ;latest developments in the <b>medical malpractice crisis and reform efforts</b> </li> </ul> <p> </p>

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