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Crime perpetrated by healthcare professionals is increasingly pervasive in today's hospitals and other healthcare settings. Patients, coworkers, and employers are vulnerable to exploitation, fraud, abuse, and even murder. Investigative journalist Kelly M. Pyrek interviews experts who provide accounts concerning the range of criminality lurking in the healthcare setting in Healthcare Crime: Investigating Abuse, Fraud, and Homicide by Caregivers.

Examines the root causes and the opportunities

The book begins by offering perspectives on how the stressors inherent in the healthcare profession can contribute to aberrant behavior by medical practitioners. It then examines breaches of patient privacy, which can easily occur in today's age of technology. Highlighting appalling cases of exploitation, the book also suggests guidelines to safeguard patient privacy.

Identifies the victims most at risk, and those w

Table of Contents

Healthcare Trends, Stressors, and Workplace Violence. Patient Privacy and Exploitation. Abuse and Assault. Fraud and Theft. Suspicious Death and Homicide. Investigations, Sanctions, and Discipline. Prevention Strategies and the Future of Healthcare Crime. Index.

Healthcare Crime

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      Publisher CRC Press Inc
      Published 19 January 2011
      ISBN-13 9781439820339
      978-1439820339
      ISBN-10 1439820333
      Also in:
      Forensic science

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Crime perpetrated by healthcare professionals is increasingly pervasive in today's hospitals and other healthcare settings. Patients, coworkers, and employers are vulnerable to exploitation, fraud, abuse, and even murder. Investigative journalist Kelly M. Pyrek interviews experts who provide accounts concerning the range of criminality lurking in the healthcare setting in Healthcare Crime: Investigating Abuse, Fraud, and Homicide by Caregivers.

      Examines the root causes and the opportunities

      The book begins by offering perspectives on how the stressors inherent in the healthcare profession can contribute to aberrant behavior by medical practitioners. It then examines breaches of patient privacy, which can easily occur in today's age of technology. Highlighting appalling cases of exploitation, the book also suggests guidelines to safeguard patient privacy.

      Identifies the victims most at risk, and those w

      Table of Contents

      Healthcare Trends, Stressors, and Workplace Violence. Patient Privacy and Exploitation. Abuse and Assault. Fraud and Theft. Suspicious Death and Homicide. Investigations, Sanctions, and Discipline. Prevention Strategies and the Future of Healthcare Crime. Index.

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