Legal, Ethical, and Practical Aspects of Patient Care Documentation

Download or read book Legal, Ethical, and Practical Aspects of Patient Care Documentation written by Ronald W. Scott and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourth Edition, is the only text to integrate coverage of the legal responsibilities of rehabilitation professionals with basic, essential advice on how to effectively document patient care activities from intake through discharge. This resource thoroughly covers the basics of documentation and includes many exemplars, cases, and forms, as well as a sample abbreviations used in rehabilitation settings. This book covers all the bases from ethics, to practical aspects of patient care documentation, to relevant and salient legal implications and illustrative case examples that will help students excel in practice.