Karen Judson, BSKaren Judson taught biology laboratories at Black Hills University in Spearfish, SouthDakota; high school sciences in Idaho; and grades one and three in Washington state. She isalso a former laboratory and X-ray technician and completed two years of nurse’s trainingwhile completing a degree in biology.Judson has worked as a science writer since 1983. She has written relationship, family, andpsychology articles for a variety of magazines, including a series of high school classroommagazines, making a total of 500 articles published. Judson writes science and relationshipbooks for teenagers (Enslow and Marshall Cavendish publishers). Her book for teens, Sports &Money: It’s a Sell Out, made the New York City Public Library’s list of best books for teens in1995. Her book for teens, Genetic Engineering, was chosen by the National Science Teachers’Association as one of the best science books for children in 2001 and was featured on theNSTA Web site. Carlene Harrison, EdD, CMA (AAMA)Carlene Harrison is Dean of the School of Allied Health at Hodges University and is alsoProgram Director for the Master of Health Services Administration and Graduate Certificatein Health Informatics. She has been a member of the faculty at Hodges University since 1992,but came on board full time in 2000, serving first as Chair of the Medical Assisting Program.As Dean of the School of Allied Health, she has overall responsibility for the followingdegree programs: Health Services Administration, Biomedical Sciences, Medical Assisting,Health Information Management, and Physical Therapist Assistant. Her doctorate is fromArgosy University. Her dissertation research looked at improvement in critical thinking inadult learners.Before becoming a full-time educator, Dr. Harrison worked for over 20 years in the healthcare field as an administrator. Employed mostly in the outpatient setting, she has worked inthe for-profit, not-for-profit, and public health sectors.

• CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Law and EthicsCHAPTER 2 Making Ethical DecisionsCHAPTER 3 Working in Health CareCHAPTER 4 Law, the Courts, and ContractsCHAPTER 5 Professional LiabilityCHAPTER 6 Defenses to Liability SuitsCHAPTER 7 Medical Records and Health Information TechnologyCHAPTER 8 Privacy, Security, and FraudCHAPTER 9 Public Health Responsibilities of Health Care PractitionersCHAPTER 10 Workplace LegalitiesCHAPTER 11 The Beginning of Life and ChildhoodCHAPTER 12 Death and DyingCHAPTER 13 Stakeholders, Costs, and Patients’ RightsGlossaryIndex