Product Description

With over 100,000 copies sold, it is clear that instructors turn to George Pozgar time and again to make the legal aspects of health care administration meaningful and memorable to students. Now in its ninth edition, this classic text has been revised and updated with the most current information on law and the health care industry.

Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration, Ninth Edition continues to provide students with a firm foundation health care law and an overview of practical ways to improve the quality and safe delivery of healthcare. It presents a wide range of healthcare topics in a comprehensible and engaging manner that carefully guides students through the complex maze of the legal system as it impacts health care organizations. Actual court cases are presented throughout the book to bring the legal information to life and help students to apply the information to their daily professional lives.

New to the Ninth Edition:

40 new cases have been added throughout the text.
A chapter on the History of Hospitals provides a brief overview of this triumph of civilization so that students may learn from past errors and ineffective practices.
A completely revised chapter on Patient Safety and Zero Tolerance that addresses patient safety issues and provides a self-assessment tool for evaluating the quality of care in health care organizations.
A chapter, World Wide Search, which assists students in conducing an effective Internet search of both health and law related topics.
The chapter Journey to Excellence, in which the author presents his own interesting observations, experiences, ideas, and challenges as to how the health care system can be improved.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #214698 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 800 pages

Customer Reviews

Great information for those new to health care law.
This book was very useful to me. I am a health information management student planning to enter a graduate health administration program. I took the class and this particular book was the text. Our instructor is a lawyer and runs risk management at our university hospital. The text further explained basic legal priciples and related them to health care. The text is easy to read and gives several references to actual documents.

Review of Law in Medicine
Pozgar's book is organized by legal topic and cites relevant case law in all instances. It is an excellent overview of American law as it applies to the health care practitioner or organization. He has taken a topic that it difficult to communicate and made it very enjoyable reading. Students will find it much easier reading than most graduate level texts.

Book Review
I am using this book in my Maters program. So far it seems easy to understand and use. This is one book that I will keep and be able to use in my office. It is a good all around book for administrators as well as first time supervisors.