Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration with Navigate Scenario for Health Care Ethics

One of the most trusted resources on health care law, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration, Fourteenth Edition is an ideal introduction to to the legal and ethical issues in the healthcare workplace, exploring a wide range of health care topics - from tort reform and healthcare ethics to patient rights and managed care. Written in a comprehensible and engaging manner, this indispensable text will carefully guide your students through the complex maze of the legal system and will serve them throughout their professional lives.With over 40 years of experience as an administrator, consultant, and surveyor across 650 hospitals, author George D. Pozgar provides a uniquely accessible tool for grasping the legal complexities of health care through an array or real-life case studies, precedent-making court cases, and key statistical data. Case studies detailing real world legal issues in healthcare settings prepare students for the realities of healthcare administration.Court cases help illustrate and explain both the origin of laws and policies, as well as their current day applications in the healthcare field.Discussion of past and current healthcare reform and policy changes provide context for the current legal issues in healthcare.New coverage of COVID-19, including examples of COVID-19 related lawsuitsExpanded coverage of Patient Consent, Rights, and Responsibilities (now covered in two separate chapters)Integrated and comprehensive coverage of current Human Resources topics in a single chapter that examines labor relations, employment rights and responsibilities, and more..Navigate eBook access (included with the printed text) provides online or offline access to the digital text from a computer, laptop, or mobile device. Undergraduate and graduate courses in healthcare ethics, healthcare management, healthcare law and ethics in Health Administration, Nursing, and Allied Health programs. (c) 2023 680 pages

About the author

George D. Pozgar, MBA, CHEGeorge Pozgar received his BA from Barrington College, now the United College of Gordon and Barrington, Wenham, MA, and his MBA in Health Care Administration from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Mr. Pozgar is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, and the American Health Lawyers Association. Mr. Pozgar is presently an author, speaker, and consultant. He was certified as a surveyor for the Joint Commission and has surveyed and consulted at more than 1,000 hospitals and ambulatory sites throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. He was a corporate consultant for the St. Barnabas Health Care System in New Jersey; Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Episcopal Health Services in Hempstead, New York; Administrator at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Smithtown, New York; Assistant Administrator at Huntington Hospital, Huntington, New York; Administrative Resident, Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida; Administrative Clerk at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C.; and Research Assistant/Summer Intern for Booz, Allen and Hamilton Management Consultants, Washington, D.C. In addition, Mr. Pozgar was previously an instructor at the New School for Social Research, St. Joseph's College, St. Francis College, and Molloy College in NY; on-site Faculty Member/Residency Preceptor for the George Washington University and Preceptor for a Brown University summer internship program; and, Seminar Instructor for C.W. Post College/Long Island University and the National Association of Medical Staff. Mr. Pozgar was also a consultant on a series of innovative experiential health law learning videos called Learnscapes in partnership with Jones & Bartlett Learning and Toolwire.

Product details

• Authors: George D Pozgar
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.04.2024
• EAN: 9781284306880
• ISBN: 978-1-284-30688-0
• Weight: 1529 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management