A Health Care Practitioner Completes a Course in Law and Ethics

Multiple Choice

A health care practitioner completes a course in law and ethics. Which of the following is one of the most important reasons health care professionals should be familiar with this field of study?

A) to promote patient and employee safety
B) to help explain the process of informed consent to patients
C) to help avoid legal entanglements
D) to learn the inner workings of the health care system
E) to better supervise other health care practitioners