Health Law and Ethics
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
5-2020
ISBN
9780323694629
Abstract
Law and ethics are both essential attributes of a high-functioning health care system and powerful explainers of why the existing system is so difficult to improve. U.S. health law is not seamless; rather, it derives from multiple sources and is based on various theories that may be in tension with one another. There are state laws and federal laws, laws setting standards and laws providing funding, laws reinforcing professional prerogatives, laws furthering social goals, and laws promoting market competition. Complying with law is important, but health professionals also should understand that the legal and ethical constraints under which health systems operate must themselves adapt if health systems science is to advance.
First Page
220
Last Page
242
Num Pages
23
Publisher
Elsevier
Editor
Susan E. Skochelak, Maya M. Hammound, & Kimberly D. Lomis
Book Title
Health Systems Science
Edition
2d
Recommended Citation
William M. Sage, I. G. Cohen & Allison K. Hoffman,
Health Law and Ethics,
in
Health Systems Science
220
(Susan E. Skochelak, Maya M. Hammound, & Kimberly D. Lomis eds., 2d ed. 2020).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1607