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Consider the following legal and ethical concepts in healthcare: Autonomy, Privacy, Confidentiality, Informed Consent and Advance Directives:

Explain these concepts regarding both the impact on agency viability and quality patient care.
Review these concepts and strategically analyze for priorities, challenges, and issues from a legal and ethical perspective
Identify instances of actions taken by an agency or provider that would or could violate the ethical duties and responsibilities of the health care providers or the rights of patients
Develop a policy proposal, measures, and recommendations for prevention of legal and ethical violations
Detail how could nursing intervene or advocate to incorporate legal and ethical theories and principles more effectively into practice

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Legal and Ethical Concepts in Healthcare

Introduction

Just like any other sector, there are certain laws and regulation in healthcare that all health care providers must abide by, in order for the rights of the patients to be protected. In the recent past, the cases of the violation of health care laws have been on the rise, calling for further actions from the federal regulators (Cohen & Cesta, 2005). The paper discusses the legal and ethical concepts in health care and relating them to some cases that have occurred in the recent past. The recommendations and measures for preventing the violation of the legal and ethical regulations are also analyzed.

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