Legal and ethical issues in health care

Legal and ethical issues in health care

Introduction

Professionals in healthcare are required to work in a complex working environment that is associated to various laws, regulations, and standards or practice. With every encounter to patient, there are various legal and ethical issues involved. Majority of the physicians strive to offer optimal and high-quality care to their patients, with highest ethical and legal values (“Avoiding Medicare Fraud & Abuse”, 2012).

Discussion

Importance of the physician-patient and hospital-patient relationships

The primary factors that lead to legal implication include physician-patient and hospital-patient relationship.

Physician-patient relationships

In the healing alliance, physician-patient relationship ...