Medical Malpractice A Physician's Sourcebook /

What is behind the medical malpractice crisis? What legal reforms would alleviate the crisis? What can you do to prevent litigation? What do you do when you have been sued? Are there alternatives to the current system? How does the medical malpractice insurance industry function? In Medical Malpract...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Anderson, Richard E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-845-8
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Table of Contents:
  • Insurance
  • Insuring the Practice of Medicine
  • Legal
  • What Every Doctor Should Know About Litigation
  • Risk Reduction From a Plaintiff Attorney’s Perspective
  • The Physician As a Witness
  • The Judicial Process
  • The Clinical Face of Litigation
  • Communication and Patient Safety
  • E-Medicine in the Physician’s Office
  • Risk Management for the Family Physician
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Anesthesiology
  • Malpractice and Medical Practice
  • Breast Cancer Litigation
  • Pap Smear Litigation
  • Medical Liability in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Legal Reform and Health Care
  • The Case for Legal Reform
  • Health Policy Review
  • New Directions in Medical Liability Reform.