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Medical malpractice law and litigation /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walston-Dunham, Beth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Australia ; Clifton Park, N.Y. : Thomson Delmar Learning, [2006]
Series:West Legal Studies
Subjects:
Malpractice > legislation & jurisprudence.
Insurance, Liability.
Table of Contents:
  • A brief history of civil liability for professional malfeasance
  • The development of medical malpractice law
  • Medical malpractice law and litigation
  • Risk management issues in the health care industry
  • The role of insurance in medical malpractice claims
  • Discovery/disclosure of the injury
  • Investigation of the claim by the potential plaintiff
  • Investigation of the potential claim by the defendnt
  • The pretrial stages of a malpractice claim
  • The medical malpractice trial