A Health Care Practitioner Completes a Course in Law and Ethics

question 29

Multiple Choice

A health care practitioner completes a course in law and ethics. Which of the following is one of the most important reasons health care professionals should be familiar with this field of study?

• A) to promote patient and employee safety
• B) to help explain the process of informed consent to patients
• C) to help avoid legal entanglements
• D) to learn the inner workings of the health care system
• E) to better supervise other health care practitioners

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