Risk, liability, and malpractice : what every plastic surgeon needs to know /
Haeck, Phil.
Gorney, Mark,MD.
[Philadelphia] : Elsevier Saunders,
c2011.
Includes index.
Genesis of plastic surgery claims -- Legal principles applied to plastic and reconstructive surgery -- Recognition of the patient unsuitable for plastic surgery -- Most risky procedures in plastic surgery -- Unique aspects of the male patient and aesthetic surgery -- Avoiding liability in reconstructive surgery -- Psychological aspects of modifying a patient's anatomy -- Role of the office staff in preventing liability -- Myths of the "No Risk," minimally invasive office-based treatment -- Claims arising from medi-spas -- What every emerging surgeon should know about medical liability -- Liability carrier's point of view -- Dilemma of the expert witness -- Coping with bad news.
Plastic surgeons
Surgery, Plastic
Malpractice