The respiratory therapist's legal answer book - DeWitt, Anthony L. (Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006)
The courts and the law - essentials you need to know -- The essential guide to patient's rights -- What every therapist needs to know about contracts -- Essential employee rights in contracts and benefits -- Essential employee rights granted by federal and state law -- Essentials of employment law for managers -- Essentials of tort law -- Essential malpractice law : consequences of medical error -- What every therapist should know about risk management -- Protecting yourself and your employer -- Business law - protecting your own business -- The civil law - protecting yourself and family -- Surviving litigation -- Criminal law for therapists -- Finding legal representation -- The ethical rules of health care.
Keywords: Physical Therapy (Specialty) -- legislation & jurisprudence; Respiratory therapy; United States