Book

Health law

Authors Barry R. Furrow
Series Hornbook series
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Material type Book
Subject Medical laws and legislation -- United States.
Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Language English
Publisher West Pub. Co.
Year 1995
ISBN 0314064575 (acid-free paper)

Summary
Table of Contents
Summary
Regulation of Health Care Institutions; Federal Tax Exemption of Health Care Institutions; Regulation and Licensure of Health Care Professionals; Professional Relationships in the Health Care Enterprise; Health Care Business Associations; Liability of Health Care Professionals; Liability of Health Care Institutions; Liability of Managed Care Organizations; Reforming the Tort System for Medical Injuries; Antitrust Law; Regulation of Private Health Care Financing; Obligations to Provide Medical Care; Medicare; Medicaid; Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse; Definitions of Death; Making Decisions About Death and Dying; Limitations on Reproduction; Sterilization and Contraception; Wrongful Birth, Wrongful Life and Wrongful Conception; Abortion; Potential Fetal-Maternal Conflicts; Assisted Conception; Regulation of Research Upon Human Subjects; Health Care Reform.
Table of Contents
Preface
WESTLAW Overview
1  Regulation of Health Care Institutions
1
2  Federal Tax Exemption of Health Care Institutions
39
3  Regulation and Licensure of Health Care Professionals
55
4  Professional Relationships in the Health Care Enterprise
91
5  Health Care Business Associations
160
6  The Liability of Health Care Professionals
232
7  The Liability of Health Care Institutions
289
8  Liability of Managed Care Organizations
308
9  Reforming the Tort System for Medical Injuries
332
10  Antitrust Law
364
11  Regulation of Private Health Care Financing
498
12  Obligations to Provide Medical Care
536
13  Medicare
560
14  Medicaid
603
15  Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse
637
16  Definitions of Death
672
17  Making Decisions About Death and Dying
682
18  Limitations on Reproduction: Sterilization and Contraception
771
19  Wrongful Birth, Wrongful Life and Wrongful Conception
780
20  Abortion
793
21  Potential Fetal-Maternal Conflicts
809
22  Assisted Conception
821
23  Regulation of Research Upon Human Subjects
839
24  Health Care Reform
851
Appendix: Researching Health Law on WESTLAW
865
Table of Cases
881
Table of Statutes
911
Index
945