Avoiding Medical Malpractice A Physician's Guide to the Law /

• Main Author: Choctaw, William T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Avoiding Medical Malpractice: A Physician's Guide to the Law is a reader-friendly, physician oriented, handbook on how to avoid malpractice lawsuits. As both a practicing surgeon and an attorney, Dr. Choctaw provides real world perspectives into both the medical and legal aspects of malpractice...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Law 101: The Journey Begins
• Shades of Gray
• The Triangle: Law–Medicine–Politics
• Definition of Malpractice: Negligence
• Eliminating Disruptive Physician Behavior
• Pain Management: The New Legal Trojan Horse
• Medical Informatics
• How to Say “I'm Sorry” Without Admitting Guilt
• You Have Been Served— Now What?
• Basic Steps in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
• The Pocket Guide
• The Litigation Stress Syndrome
• Perspective: When the Physician Becomes a Patient
• Summary.