"Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, 6th Edition" has been designed to assist the reader in a more comfortable transition from the didactics of the classroom to the practical application in the workplace. The 6th Edition provides the reader with a clearer understanding of how the law and ethics are intertwined as they relate to health care dilemmas." -- From publisher's description

Introduction to ethics -- Contemporart ethical dilemmas -- End-of-life dilemmas -- Health care ethics committee -- Development of law -- Introduction to law -- Government ethics and the law -- Oganizational ethics and the law -- Health care professional legal-ethical issues -- Physician's ethical and the law -- Patient consent -- Patient rights and responsibilities -- Employee rights and responsibilities -- Patient abuse -- Summary case : search for truth.