This is a graduate level course is legal and ethical issues in healthcare administration. The book is legal aspect of health care administration.

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1. Discuss two hypothetical cases in which Res Ipsa Loquitur would apply, and state what impact this would have on the evidentiary process of establishing the case.

2. A warning is an advice of danger - give three circumstances in which there is a health care related duty to warn. Include in your answer a discussion of the Learned Intermediary doctrine.

3. Discuss reliance on the redundancy factor in on-going nursing evaluation of patient condition and response to medication, and the possible institutional liability for substitution of less qualified individuals for provision of care.

4. Explain the underlying ethical and legal principles involved with sexual activity involving provider/patient and employee/employer. What institutions/agencies may be involved in response to inappropriate sexual activity and what could be their actions? How could a corporation be held accountable for such misdeeds?

5. Explain the medical and legal dangers of failing to record information and of altering/falsifying clinical records.