<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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This book provides a rich body of materials for courses in bioethics and law. Primary legal sources, including judicial opinions, statutes, regulations and institutional policies, will give students insight into the strategies used by courts, legislatures, agencies and health care providers in addressing bioethics issues. The book also draws from interdisciplinary research in medicine, ethics, and law to provide students diverse critiques of legal and public policy issues in bioethics. Materials in this text are tightly edited and designed to create high quality and focused classroom discussion. In particular, the text includes classroom tested problems that will engage students more deeply on each issue. In addition, notes and questions in each section provide information and queries that will broaden the students’ understanding, and bibliographical notes will assist students who want to do more advanced work on particular subjects. Bioethics: Health Care Law and Ethics begin

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