What content can and/or cannot be released to the patient’s attorney and what legislation may govern this process and content release?

The U.S. Legal System You are the health information manager at General Hospital. Your in-house counsel has been contacted by an attorney for a former patient of the hospital whose inpatient hospitalization resulted in some harm to the patient. That harm was documented in an incident report prepared by hospital staff. Internal legal review of […]

Explain the structure of court hierarchy in England and Wales.Identify and explain principles of statutory interpretation and apply such principles to a factual situation.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the operation of the English Legal System in contemporary legal practice. • Explain the structure of court hierarchy in England and Wales. • Identify and explain principles of statutory interpretation and apply such principles to a factual situation. • Explain and apply the doctrine of precedent. • Apply law relating […]

Assess the paralegal’s professional role and responsibility in relation to course content, including issues of equity, ethics, and cultural competency (evaluation).

Demonstrate comparative understanding of criminological, legal, and sociolegal justice theories and their critiques (evaluation). Identify and describe the adversary theorem and analyze its impact on the development of the legal profession, the U.S. legal system, and public perceptions of legal professionals (evaluation). Critique the legal implications of selected current social issues (evaluation). Analyze issues of […]