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


C. to help avoid legal entanglements

While learning the system, understanding informed consent and promoting safety may be facilitated by studying law and ethics. They are not the primary reason health care professionals should be familiar with law and ethics.

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