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Running head: OUTLINE AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1
Outline and Annotated Bibliography
Katelynn Harrison
HCA 340: Managing in Health and Human Services
Professor Susan Vellek
October 29, 2018

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Topic
When working in the healthcare field, it is important to remain ethical, and legal, in all
forms of patient care. With that being said, the analyzation of ethical and legal concepts,
including specific federal regulations, required of health care organizations to ensure the delivery
of high-quality health care that protects patient safety is what will be discussed in this
assignment as well as for the final project.
This topic was chosen because there are too many cases where patients are neglected,
doctors and other healthcare personnel do not follow federal regulations, and people are suffering
at the hands of those who are supposed to be helping them. The paper will provide readers an
insight into the obligations doctors and medical professionals are held to as well as the ethical
and legal implications that the healthcare industry faces every day. An opposing argument will
also be presented in the paper.
Thesis
While medical negligence, malpractice, and poor-quality healthcare will still be
prevalent, patient safety and quality care are vital because federal regulations keep patient safety
as the number one priority, medical malpractice is less likely when ethical and legal issues are
considered, and patient outcomes are better when quality care is provided from the start.
Patient Safety
Medical malpractice is something that has always been around but hasn’t gotten much
attention until recent years (Vincent, 2010). Patients are more aware of their rights, doctors are
more cautious, and lawsuits regarding medical error are higher than ever. Doctors were, and still

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are, putting patients at risk by performing unnecessary services, neglecting a patients’ concerns,
and are more worried about money than safe, successful treatments. Ensuring patient safety is
not only vital to the patient, but to the doctor or medical professional treating the patient.