Main description:

This new addition to the Medical Assisting Made Incredibly Easy series is the first law and ethics textbook tailored specifically to medical assisting students. A host character guides students through the material in an enjoyable, readable, and extremely practical manner that makes teaching and learning fun. Boxes with eye-catching icons provide practical advice about workplace scenarios and other topics. More than 140 illustrations enhance visual learning. ABHES and CAAHEP competencies covered in each chapter are listed. Each chapter ends with a ten-question quiz.
A free Instructor's Resource CD-ROM including PowerPoint slides, lesson plans, test generator, skill evaluation forms, and WebCT/Blackboard-ready materials is available to instructors who adopt the text.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introducing Law and Ethics
Chapter 2 Law in the USA
Chapter 3 Medical Practice and the Law
Chapter 4 Risky Business: Managing Risk and Defenses to Lawsuits
Chapter 5 The Letter of the Law: Medical Law and Statutes
Chapter 6 Building Healthy Physician-Patient Relationships
Chapter 7 All About Medical Records
Chapter 8 Workplace Law
Chapter 9 Professional Relationships and Behavior
Chapter 10 Bioethics

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