Legal Medicine
Mosby (Verlag)
978-0-323-03753-2 (ISBN)
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Regarded as the citable treatise in the field, the 7th Edition of "Legal Medicine" explores and illustrates the legal implications of medical practice and the special legal issues arising from managed care. Edited by the American College of Legal Medicine Textbook Committee, it features comprehensive discussions on a myriad of legal issues that health care professionals face every day. Substantially revised and expanded and written in a plain manner, this New Edition includes 20 brand-new chapters that address the hottest topics in the field today. It will also serve as the syllabus for the Board Review Course of the American Board of Legal Medicine (ABLM).
1. Introduction: Legal Medicine PART ONE: MEDICAL LICENSURE, CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING, PROFILING AND IMPAIRMENT 2Medical Practice: Education and Licensure 3Medical Staff Peer Review in the Credentialing and Privileging of Physicians 4Physician Profile Databases 5Health Care Professional Impairment PART TWO: BUSINESS ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE 6Health Care Provider Contracts 7Agency 8Antitrust 9Complementary and Alternative Medicine 10 Practice Organizations and Joint Ventures 11Coproviders and Institutional Practice 12Physician as an Employer 13Health Professionals and the Regulated Industry: The Laws and Regulations Enforced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 14Health Insurance and Professional Liability Insurance 15Patents, Intellectual Property, and Licenses 16Federal Health Information Privacy Requirements PART THREE: MEDICOLEGAL AND ETHICAL ENCOUNTERS 17Ethics and Bioethics 18Research and Experimentation 19The Human Genome Project 20Legal Interests of the Fetal Patient 21Organ Donation and Transplantation 22Life Care Planning: Ethical and Legal Issues 23The Process of Dying 24Physician-Assisted Suicide and Palliative Sedation PART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL LIABILITY 25Medical Malpractice Overview 26Patient Safety and Health Care Quality 27Medications Errors 28Disclosure of Adverse Outcome and Apologizing to Injured Patient 29Risk Management 30Alternative Dispute Resolution 31Physicians-Patient Relationship 32Competency and Capacity: A Primer 33Informed Consent to Medical and Surgical Treatment 34Medical Records: Paper and Electronic 35Medical Testimony and the Expert Witness 36Liability of Health Care Entities for Negligent Care 37Liability of Managed Care Organizations 38Pharmacist Malpractice and Liability 39Medical Product Liability 40Telemedicine and Electronic Mail Communication with Patients 41Professional Liability in Emergency Medicine 42Legal Issues in Newborn Intensive Care 43Liability in Obstetrics and Gynecology 44Liability of Ophthalmologists 45Liability of Otolaryngologists 46Liability of Radiologists 47Liability of Neurologists 48Liability of Plastic Surgeons 49Nursing and the Law 50Dental Litigation: Triad of Concerns 51Criminalization of Medical Negligence 52Crimes by Health Care Providers 53Countersuits by Health Care Providers 54No-Fault Medical Malpractice System in New Zealand PART FIVE: CARE OF SPECIAL PATIENTS 55Children as Patients 56Child Abuse 57Domestic Violence Patients 58Geriatric Patients 59Cancer Genetics: Discrimination And Counseling 60Brain-Injured Patients 61Patients with HIV Infection and AIDS 62The Law and the Relief of Pain: Pain Management 63Sports Medicine PART SIX: FORENSIC SCIENCE AND MEDICINE 64Forensic Pathology 65Forensic Engineering 66Forensic Toxicology 67Forensic Psychiatry 68Criminalistics 69Forensic Entomology 70Forensic Odontology 71Utilization of Forensic Science in the Civil and Criminal Justice Systems: Forensic Use of Medical Information PART SEVEN: LEGAL ASPECTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH 72Occupational Health Law 73Public Health Law 74Legal Aspects Of Bioterrorism PART EIGHT: INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS 75Physician Licensing and Disciplining in England and Europe 76Privacy 77 Drivers and the Law
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.6.2007 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Illustrated |
| Verlagsort | St Louis |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 211 x 276 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-323-03753-4 / 0323037534 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-323-03753-2 / 9780323037532 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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