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This valuable handbook covers all facets of the legal environment of long-term care administration in a clear, non-technical fashion.
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Contents: Introduction to Law * Tort Law * Criminal Aspects of Long-Term Care * Civil Procedure and Trial Practice * Introduction to Long-Term Care * Liability of Long-Term Care Facilities * The Medical Staff Nursing and the Law * Nursing Facility Services * Consent * Resident Rights and Responsibilities * Long-Term Care Records and Legal Reporting Obligations * Euthanasia, Death, and Dying * Autopsy and Donation * Financing Long-Term Care * Malpractice Insurance * Labor Relations * Employment, Discipline, and Discharge * Medical Malpractice: The Crisis, The Solution?
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George D. Pozgar, MBA, CHE
George Pozgar received his Bachelor of Arts from the United College of Gordon and Barrington in Wenham, MA, and his Master of Business Administration in Health Care Administration from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Mr. Pozgar is presently a surveyor for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and has surveyed more than 700 hospitals across the nation. He served as Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Episcopal Health Services in Hempstead, New York; Administrator at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Smithtown, New York; Assistant Administrator at Huntington Hospital in Huntington, New York; Administrative Resident at Baptist Memorial Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida; Administrative Clerk at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C.; and Research Assistant for Booz, Allen and Hamilton Management Consultants in Washington, D.C.
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