Risk management for health/fitness professionals
Subtitle: legal issues and strategies
By: JoAnn Eickhoff-Shemek, Daniel Connaughton, David L. Herbert.
Contributors: Connaughton, Daniel, 1963-; Herbert, David L.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780781783644
Subjects: Exercise personnel -- Malpractice -- United States; Physical fitness centers -- Law and legislation -- United States; Fitness Centers -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Malpractice -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Physical Education and Training -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Risk Management -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to risk management; title: Introduction to the law and legal system; title: Determination of duty in negligence claims and lawsuits; title: Common defenses to negligence claims and lawsuits: assumption of risk and waivers; title: Employment issues; title: The pre-activity screening process; title: Health/fitness assessment and prescription; title: Instruction and supervision; title: Exercise equipment; title: Facility risks.