HEALTH CARE LAW AND ETHICS, Fifth Edition, draws on the formidable talents of a cross-disciplinary author team to provide comprehensive coverage for today's curriculum. it thoroughly conveys the reality of medical practice and clinical judgment as it explores and explains the issues surrounding the intersection of medicine and law. Organized around categories of legal doctrine affecting medical institutions, The book is divided into three parts: Patient/Physician Relationship - covers malpractice, informed consent, duty to treat, And The right to die Patient/State - reviews public health, reproductive rights, bioethics, and genetics Providers/Institutions and State - deals with managed care, licensure, anti-trust, medical staff disputes, and cost containment HEALTH CARE LAW AND ETHICS, Fifth Edition, focuses on important topics and addresses intriguing isses, such as: the phenomenology of being ill perspectives from feminism and cultural anthropology possible future developments in the law Look to HEALTH CARE LAW AND ETHICS, Fifth Edition, with its extensive Teacher's Manual, For a comprehensive and clear review of the subject.