Medical Law and Bioethics Handbook A Beginner's Guide to Rights, Rules, and Moral Dilemmas in Healthcare. Broader Concepts & Practices </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Collins, Edward</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">author</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="code">aut</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource/> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">xxu</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">United States</placeTerm> </place> <dateIssued>©2025</dateIssued> <publisher>Independently published</publisher> <issuance/> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">spa</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>x, 144 pages ; 22 cm.</extent> </physicalDescription> <tableOfContents>Welcome to Medical Law: Rules vs. Values -- A Brief History of Medical Ethics : From Hippocrates to Nuremberg -- The Four Pillars of Medicals Ethics : Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence, Justice -- Informed Consent : More Than a Signature -- Capacity vs. Competence : Can the Patient Decide? -- Confidentiality and HIPAA : The Vault of Secrets -- Medical Negligence and Malpractice : When Things go Wrong -- Documentation: If It Wasn't Done -- End-of-Life Law : Advance Directives and DNRs -- Brain Death and Organ Donation : The Line Between Life and Death -- Reproductive Ethics : Abortion, IVF , and Personhood -- Pediatric Ethics : The Best Interest of the Child -- Mental Health Law : Involuntary Commitment and Duty to Warn -- Genetic Ethics : Privacy, Testing, and CRISPR -- Public Health Law : Quarantines and Mandates -- Resource Allocation : Who Gets the ICU Bed? -- The Impaired Provider: Substance Abuse and Burnout -- Research Ethics : The IRB and Human Subjects -- The Role of the Ethics Committee : The Moral Compass -- Cultural Competency and Beliefs in Medicine -- Telehealth and AI : The Future of Legal Medicine -- Practical Scenarios: What Would You Do?.</tableOfContents> <note type="statement of responsibility">Edward B.A Collins</note> <note>Includes index,</note> <subject authority="lcsh"> <topic>Medical laws and legislation</topic> <geographic>United States</geographic> </subject> <subject authority="lcsh"> <topic>Bioethics</topic> <topic>Healthcare Law</topic> <geographic>United States</geographic> </subject> <subject authority="lcsh"> <topic>Medical ethics</topic> <geographic>United States</geographic> </subject> <subject authority="lcsh"> <topic>Legal ethics</topic> <geographic>United States</geographic> </subject> <classification authority="lcc">KF 3821 C65 2025</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9798278174097</identifier> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">PUCPR</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">120830</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260731131741.0</recordChangeDate> <languageOfCataloging> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </languageOfCataloging> </recordInfo> </mods>