How to Survive a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit (eBook)
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-1956-9 (ISBN)
Ilene R. Brenner, MD, Adjunct Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Acknowledgments.
Foreword.
Introduction.
Section 1: The long road to trial.
1 You've been served! Now what?
Questions to ask your insurer about your policy.
What are the options if your employer purchases your insurance
policy and dictates the terms?
When and how to report a claim.
A few pitfalls to avoid after you've been sued.
2 What is medical malpractice?
The criteria of physician legally defined malpractice.
EMTALA issues.
Complaints to the medical board.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
3 How to choose an attorney.
Questions to ask your attorney.
Conflicts of Interest.
Problems with the Hospital as co-defendant.
How do you change your attorney?
4 Coping with a medical malpractice lawsuit.
Kübler-Ross five stages of grief.
Maslow five stages of needs.
Strategies for coping.
5 Before the deposition.
Differences between federal and state court.
Addressing the complaint.
The discovery phase begins.
Meeting with your attorney.
The in-house physician review.
6 Nail the deposition.
Preparing for the deposition.
Dealing with co-defendant issues.
General deposition rules and tips.
Sample question and answer scenarios.
7 All about experts.
Expert qualifications.
Daubert rules regarding medical expert testimony.
The defense expert.
The plaintiff 's expert.
Using the plaintiff 's expert to help your case.
What if their expert is lying?
8 Pretrial countdown.
Reviewing your deposition.
Motions to dismiss the case.
Should you settle your case?
Preparing for trial.
9 The trial.
Rules to follow when in court, e.g. How you should dress.
Jury selection.
The cross-examination with tips and question and answer
scenarios.
Jury Deliberation.
Damages.
10 What to do if you lose.
What are the steps to getting an appeal?
Can you get your attorney to file an appeal?
Settling in lieu of an appeal.
Section 2: An ounce of prevention.
11 Why doctors get sued.
Bad outcome.
Should you apologize?
What makes patients angry?
Methods to prevent patients from becoming angry.
12 Communication Issues.
Effective communication.
Foreign language issues.
Informed consent.
13 Good documentation makes a difference.
Documentation of Informed Consent.
Destroy your diary or patient log before you get sued.
Be aware of your electronic footprint.
14 Liability risk with the use of physician
extenders.
Vicarious Liability.
How should you run your practice?
15 Hospital issues.
Peer Review.
Hospital Privileges.
Risk Management: Does it help you?
The Against Medical Advice (A.M.A.) form.
Suspension of privileges.
16 Summary.
Appendix A Expert qualification requirements vary by state.
Appendix B Arbitration mediation and pretrial screening
panels.
Appendix C Collateral source reform.
Appendix D I'm Sorry Laws.
Glossary.
Index.
" This excellent and thorough book on malpractice should be on
every practicing physician's bookshelves." (Doody's, 2 March 2012)
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.3.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | How To |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht | |
Schlagworte | aftertrial • appeal • Ärztlicher Kunstfehler • Book • Care • Career • chances • Contains • defendants verdict • Events • Health • malpractice • malpractice lawsuit • Medical • Medical Law & Ethics • Medical Science • Medizin • Medizinrecht u. Ethik • Moment • Physicians • Process • providers • Reader • Strategies • sued • summons • Traumatic |
ISBN-10 | 1-4443-1956-6 / 1444319566 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4443-1956-9 / 9781444319569 |
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