For courses in health law and medical ethics in any healthcare professional program, including dental, physician, nursing, nursing or physician's assistant, occupational or physical therapy, radiology technologist, respiratory or surgical technologist, and other fields.   Conversational, relevant, and engaging, this is today's most effective introduction to health law and medical ethics. The only book of its kind, it combines a visual, engaging, and modern design with scrupulous accuracy about the law, reflecting the author's experience as a legal professional. It addresses the most recent trends in law and ethics, treating both areas with equal depth and insight, and demonstrating their deep interconnections. Coverage includes: how the law works; responsibilities of healthcare professionals; medical records, insurance, torts, and negligence; ethical decision-making; the beginning and end of life; bioethics; the future of healthcare, issues associated with diversity, and much more. Pedagogical features include many case studies and case analyses, Legal Alert and "Concept Application" boxes, discussion questions, and a glossary.