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Product Description On a daily basis, healthcare professionals are faced with many ethical situations along with legal implications. Applied Law and Ethics for Health Professionals, Second Edition tackles ethical situations and the potential legal impacts that many healthcare professionals may face in their careers and asks them to consider their own personal values system and use reasoning skills to come to an informed outcome. Modern cases and topics are discussed, offering real-world ethical and legal accounts that may impact professionals in the field. As the text concludes, readers are again asked to gauge their growth, exploring their newly formed knowledge, values, and opinions on healthcare ethics. About the Author Carla Caldwell Stanford holds two masters’ degrees and a PhD. Now retired, she taught a medical law and bioethics course at the undergraduate college level for eight years and developed course curricula on this topic. The motivating factor for writing this textbook, for Stanford, was to simplify ethics and laws concerning the health care professional in ways that would be both appealing and easily understood by the student. Valerie J. Connor has earned a Master of Arts in Speech Pathology and a Master of Science in Health Education. She has practiced in school and long-term health care settings. Currently, she teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level with a focus on the legal and ethical aspects of health care. She hopes that students will have a better understanding of the laws and ethical issues surrounding health care after reading this text.