Medical Law and Ethics
Handout 1.1 Introduction to Medical Law and Ethics, Part 1: Definitions, Medical Law, and Theories of Ethics
Handout 1.2 Introduction to Medical Law and Ethics, Part 2: Interpersonal Ethics, Ethics Models, and Bioethics
Handout 1.3 The American Legal System, Laws Part 1: Categories, Classifications of Law, and Civil Law
Handout 1.4 The American Legal System, Laws Part 2: Public Law and the American Court System
Handout 1.5 Legal Applications to the Healthcare Professions
Handout 1.6 Legal Issues in the Healthcare Workplace Environment
Handout 1.7 Managed Care in the United States
Handout 1.8 Medical Practices and the Healthcare Professional
Handout 1.9 Responsibilities of Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals in the 21st Century
Handout 1.2 Introduction to Medical Law and Ethics, Part 2: Interpersonal Ethics, Ethics Models, and Bioethics
Handout 1.3 The American Legal System, Laws Part 1: Categories, Classifications of Law, and Civil Law
Handout 1.4 The American Legal System, Laws Part 2: Public Law and the American Court System
Handout 1.5 Legal Applications to the Healthcare Professions
Handout 1.6 Legal Issues in the Healthcare Workplace Environment
Handout 1.7 Managed Care in the United States
Handout 1.8 Medical Practices and the Healthcare Professional
Handout 1.9 Responsibilities of Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals in the 21st Century
- American Medical Association's Code of Ethics Opinion 9.031 - Reporting Impaired, Incompetent, or Unethical Colleagues
- American Medical Association's Code of Ethics Opinion 10.05 - Potential Patients
- 42 U.S. Code § 1395dd - Examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor
- HIV Legal Disclosure Policies in the United States
- HIV Stages and Progression
- New York Times Article "Doctor Says He Falsified Cancer Data To Help Patients"
Handout 2.0 Patient Rights and Responsibilities
- New York State's Patients' Bill of Rights (Online) (PDF Version)
- Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment by Dr. Richard J. Ackermann (in American Family Physician)
- American Medical Association's Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Plenary 3 (Online) (PDF Version)
- Advanced Healthcare Directive Form (California's Office of the Attorney General) (Online) (PDF Version)
Handout 2.1 Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice Part I
- A New, Evidenced-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care by Dr. John T. James (Online) (PDF Version)
- An Introduction to Medical Malpractice in the United States by Dr. B. Sonny Bal (Online) (PDF Version)
Handout 2.2 Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice Part II
- Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 803: Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay
- Medical Record Documentation Standards (CareFirst) (Online) (PDF Version)
- What is the Law of Agency? (Rottenstein Law Group)
- How Should Incident Reports Be Handled? by Melanie L. Goodman (Medscape)
- National Conference of State Legislatures: Medical Malpractice Reform - Health Cost Containment
Handout 2.3 Reporting Duties for Healthcare Professionals Part I
- Center for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- Principles of Epidemiology Online Self-Study Reference by the CDC
- Florida Death Certificate Brochure
- State-by-State: Vaccinations Required for Public School Kindergarten
- CDC Vaccination Laws
- National Vaccine Injury Act (History)
- National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
- Andrew Wakefield's Retracted Article in The Lancet
- New York Times Article on Andrew Wakefield's paper
- New York Times Article (Including the Specific Details of the Investigation)
- References and Additional Readings Accompanying Handout 2.4 (Click links within the handout)
Handout 2.5 The Medical Record Part I
Medical Law and Ethics Powerpoints
(To accompany Dr. Bonnie Fremgen's textbook)
*Powerpoints are now available to the world after I complete the handouts for each chapter. Former students can access all of the chapters beforehand.
Chapter 1 : Introduction to Medical Law, Ethics, and Bioethics
Chapter 2: The Legal System
Chapter 3: Importance of the Legal System for the Physician and the Healthcare Professional
Chapter 4: Today's Healthcare Environment
Chapter 5: The Physician-Patient Relationship
Chapter 6: Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
Chapter 7: Public Duties of the Physician
Chapter 8: Workplace Law and Ethics
Chapter 9: The Medical Record
Chapter 10: Patient Confidentiality and HIPAA
Chapter 11: Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Medicine
Chapter 12: Ethical Issues Relating to Life
Chapter 13: Death and Dying
Chapter 2: The Legal System
Chapter 3: Importance of the Legal System for the Physician and the Healthcare Professional
Chapter 4: Today's Healthcare Environment
Chapter 5: The Physician-Patient Relationship
Chapter 6: Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
Chapter 7: Public Duties of the Physician
Chapter 8: Workplace Law and Ethics
Chapter 9: The Medical Record
Chapter 10: Patient Confidentiality and HIPAA
Chapter 11: Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Medicine
Chapter 12: Ethical Issues Relating to Life
Chapter 13: Death and Dying