Health Care Law and Ethics, Seventh Edition, embodies arelationship-oriented approach to health law, and it offers comprehensivecoverage of essential topics as well as current and controversial subjects.The new edition of this pioneering casebook is well suited for courses rangingfrom health law surveys to more specialized courses dealing with medicalmalpractice or bioethics.Among the features that have made this casebook a success:;a logical and straightforward organization, providing coverage under threemain areas: The Provider and the Patient; The Patient, the Provider, andthe State; and Institutions, Providers, and the State; coverage of important current issues in health care law,including federalism issues, consumer-driven health care and health savingsaccounts, prescription drug coverage, specialty hospitals, medical malpracticereform, and constitutionality issues over restricting access to health care;an excellent Teacher's Manual provides sample syllabi aswell as teaching notes; a companion website (www.health-law.org) with updates andsupplemental material by chapter, significant developments since publication,and errataThe Seventh Edition includes coverage of cases and laws influencing today'shealth care law:;Oregon's assisted suicide law cases;California medical marijuana case; Aetna v. Davila (2004) on managed care liability and ERISApre-emption;new Medicare Part D covering prescription drugs;latest developments in the medical malpractice crisis and reformefforts.