The medical malpractice survival handbook /

Reduce your risk of costly litigation! Written in easy-to-understand language by a team of medical doctors who are also attorneys at law, this handbook addresses the issues surrounding the growing incidence of medical malpractice. It examines the scenarios that can result in a malpractice suit, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	ScienceDirect (Online service), American College of Legal Medicine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Philadelphia, PA : Mosby/Elsevier, ©2007.
Series:	ClinicalKey.
Subjects:	Medical personnel > Malpractice > United States. Malpractice > legislation & jurisprudence Malpractice > legislation & jurisprudence > United States. United States Personnel médical > Responsabilité professionnelle > États-Unis. LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Medical personnel > Malpractice Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

SECTION ONE: PHYSICIANS AND MALPRACTICE
Chapter 1: American Medical Malpractice
Chapter 2: Medical Malpractice Stress Syndrome
Chapter 3: Malpractice Prevention
Chapter 4: Medical Brief (or Medical Memorandum)
Chapter 5: Spoliation: Altered Medical Records
Chapter 6: Medical Error Disclosure and Apology
Chapter 7: Professional Liability Insurance
Chapter 8: Defense Attorney
Chapter 9: Liability in Clinic Trials Research
Chapter 10: Criminalization of Malpractice
SECTION 2: ETIOLOGY OF MALPRACTICE
Chapter 11: Etiology of Malpractice
Chapter 12: Breach of Physician-Patient Relationship
Chapter 13: Improper Disclosure of Confidential Information
Chapter 14: Lack of Informed Consent and Refusal
Chapter 15: Negligence
Chapter 16: Miscellaneous Torts
Chapter 17: Liability for Acts of Other Providers
Chapter 18: The Physician and the Nurse
Chapter 19: Medical Product Liability
SECTION 3: MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT RESOLUTION
Chapter 20: The American Court System
Chapter 21: Physician Conduct at Deposition and Trial
Chapter 22: Alternative Dispute Resolution of Claims
Chapter 23: Medical Expert Testimony
Chapter 24: Medical Malpractice Defenses
Chapter 25: Damages in Medical Malpractice
Chapter 26: Countersuits by Physicians
Chapter 27: Tort Reform System: Medical Negligence in New Zealand
SECTION 4: LIABILITY OF SPECIALTIES
Chapter 28: Family Practice and Internal Medicine
Chapter 29: Clinical and Forensic Pathology
Chapter 30: Genetics
Chapter 31: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chapter 32: Neonatology & Pediatrics
Chapter 33: Cardiology
Chapter 34: Emergency Medicine
Chapter 35: Anesthesiology Liability
Chapter 36: Surgery
Chapter 37: Urology
Chapter 38: Neurology and Neurosurgery
Chapter 39: Ophthalmology
Chapter 40: Otorhinolaryngology
Chapter 41: Psychiatric Malpractice
Chapter 42: Radiology
Chapter 43: Dentistry.