Legal medicine. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: American College of Legal Medicine Textbook Committee ; S. Sandy Sanbar, editor ; Marvin H. Firestone, deputy editor ; Sal Fiscina [and others] past president.
• Other Names: Sanbar, Shafeek S; American College of Legal Medicine.
• Contents: 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. Introduction: legal medicine -- Medical practice: education and licensure -- Medical staff peer review in the credentialing and privileging and impairment of physicians -- Physician profile databases -- Health care professional impairment -- Health care provider contracts -- Agency -- Antitrust -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Practice organizations and joint ventures -- Coproviders and institutional practice -- Physician as an employer -- Health professionals and the regulated industry: the laws and regulations enforced by the U.S. food drug and administration -- Health insurance and professional liability insurance -- Patents, intellectual property, and licenses -- Federal health information privacy requirements -- Ethics and bioethics -- Research and experimentation -- The human genome project -- Legal interests of the fetal patient -- Organ donation and transplantation -- Life care planning: ethical and legal issues -- The process of dying -- Physician-assisted suicide and palliative sedation -- Medical malpractice overview -- Patient safety and health care quality -- Medication errors -- Disclosure of adverse outcome and apologizing to the injured patient -- Risk management -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Physician-patient relationship -- Competency and capacity: a primer -- Informed consent to medical and surgical treatment -- Medical records: paper and electronic -- Medical testimony and the expert witness -- Liability of health care for entities negligent care -- Liability of managed care organizations -- Pharmacist malpractice and liability -- Medical product liability -- Telemedicine and electronic mail communication with patients -- Professional liability in emergency medicine -- Legal issues in newborn intensvie care -- Liability in obstetrics and gynecology -- Liability of ophthalmologists -- Liability of otolaryngologists -- Liability of radiologists -- Liability of neurologists -- Liability of plastic surgeons -- Nursing and the law -- Dental litigation: triad of concerns -- Criminalization of medical negligence -- Crimes by health care providers -- Countersuits by health care providers -- No-fault medical malpractice system in New Zealand -- Children as patients -- Child abuse -- Domestic violence patients -- Geriatric patients -- Oncology patients -- Brain-injured patients -- Patients with HIV infection and AIDS -- The law and the relief of pain: pain management -- Sports medicine -- Forensic pathology -- Forensic engineering -- Forensic toxicology -- Psychiatric patients and forensic psychiatry -- Criminalistics -- Forensic entomology -- Forensic odontology -- Utilization of forensic science in the civil and criminal justice systems: forensic use of medical information -- Occupational health law -- Public health law -- Legal aspects of bioterrorism -- Physician licensing and disciplining in England and Europe -- Privacy -- Drivers and the law.
• Edition: 7th ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Mosby/Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 748 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 344.7304/1; Medical laws and legislation -- United States; Jurisprudence; Legislation, Medical; Physician-Patient Relations; LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Medical laws and legislation; United States; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323076074; 0323076076
• Related ISBNs: 9780323037532; 0323037534
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.