Guide for assessing hospital liability
Subtitle: a former CEO's perspective
By: Pat Cornelison.
Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tucson, AZ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933264479
Subjects: Tort liability of hospitals -- United States; Tort liability of hospitals -- United States -- Cases; Hospitals -- Law and legislation -- United States; Hospitals -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases; Physicians -- Malpractice -- United States; Physicians -- Malpractice -- United States -- Cases; Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- United States; Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- United States -- Cases
Genres: Cases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From absolute immunity to multi-dimensional liability : how did we get here?; title: Hospital culture : what defines it?; title: Hospital regulatory law : who's the boss?; title: Hospital governance : where does the buck stop?; title: Hospital management : who's who and what do they do?; title: The organized medical staff : how organized is it?; title: Medical staff bylaws : are they law?; title: Physician v. hospital : does the hospital always win?; title: Collaborative hospital leadership : is it?; title: Policies, procedures, protocols, rules, and regulations : do they practice what they preach?; title: Hospitals don't practice medicine : do they?; title: Hospital communications : will their words come back to haunt them?; title: Selected cases : might they apply to hospitals?; title: Assessing liability, risk, vulnerability and responsibility in litigation and defense : guilty as charged?; title: Resources : what should be in your libraries, real and virtual?.