The Law of Healthcare Administration
Sanford Showalter · 10th Edition · ISBN 9781640553774 · Health Administration Press
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with The Law of Healthcare Administration (10th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 15 chapters.
Overview
The Law of Healthcare Administration (10th Edition) by Showalter is a standard text in health administration and health law courses, explaining the legal principles that govern how healthcare organizations operate. This study guide is built to follow the textbook chapter by chapter, from a brief history of law and medicine and access to insurance and treatment through the organization and management of healthcare institutions, human resources law, contracts and intentional torts, and negligence. It also covers the liability of the institution, medical staff privileges and peer review, fraud and abuse laws and compliance, health information management, emergency care, consent for treatment, tax-exempt organizations, antitrust law, and issues of reproduction and birth. The aim is to help you review high-yield principles, key terms, and landmark cases the way they are tested on course exams and applied in case analysis, without rereading a dense legal text.
Aligned with graduate and undergraduate health administration and healthcare law courses; supports exams and the case-analysis assignments common in MHA and related programs.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- History of law and medicine
- Access to insurance and treatment
- Organization and management of institutions
- Human resources law
- Contracts and intentional torts
- Negligence
- Institutional liability
- Medical staff privileges and peer review
- Fraud, abuse, and compliance
- Health information management
- Emergency care and EMTALA
- Consent for treatment
- Tax-exempt organizations and antitrust
- Reproduction and birth issues
Need the textbook itself?
The Law of Healthcare Administration by Showalter, published by Health Administration Press, is a standard healthcare law text known for explaining legal principles through key cases relevant to administrators and managers.
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Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 15 chapters of The Law of Healthcare Administration (10th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
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Does this match the 10th edition?
Yes. It is aligned to the 10th edition and follows its chapter sequence.
Will it help with case-based exam questions?
It reviews the legal principles and landmark concepts that case-based questions turn on, though you should still study the assigned cases in the textbook.
Is it the textbook itself?
No. It is an independent study guide that condenses key principles rather than reproducing the book's cases.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 10th Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with The Law of Healthcare Administration — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in The Law of Healthcare Administration (10th Edition) by Sanford Showalter. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Health Administration Press or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.