This program provides an introduction to the topic of legal and ethical boundaries in health care, exploring what they are and how transgressions occur. Using interviews with three experienced health care professionals, it places special emphasis on the subtle or ambiguous situations that most often lead to complaints. The video is rounded out with dramatized scenarios aimed at initiating classroom discussion.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 22, 2012. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

Professional Boundaries: Why Are They Needed? (4:16) -- Legal and Ethical Boundaries (4:13) -- How Are Professional Boundaries Transgressed? (4:35) -- Professional Boundaries: Ambiguities and Moral Interpretations (3:37) -- Navigating Professional Boundaries: Decision-Making Tools (4:57) -- Credits: Professional Boundaries in Health Care (0:33).