TY - BOOK AU - Flight,Myrtle TI - Law, liability, and ethics for medical office professionals. SN - 9781428359413 (pbk.) AV - KF2905.F58 PY - 2011/// CY - Clifton Park, NY PB - Delmar Cengage Learning KW - Medical personnel KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - United States KW - Malpractice KW - Medical laws and legislation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-328) and index; From examining room to courtroom -- Functioning within the legal system -- Crime and punishment : intent makes the difference -- Your words may form a contract -- Anatomy of a medical malpractice case -- Health care is big business -- The medical record : the medical assistant's responsibility -- Introduction to ethics -- Privacy, confidentiality, privileged communication : a nexus of law and ethics -- BIrth and the beginning of life -- Professional ethics and the living -- Ethics : death and dying ER -