Nursing home litigation
Subtitle: investigation and case preparation
By: edited by Patricia W. Iyer.
Contributors: Iyer, Patricia W.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Pub. Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Tucson, AZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 702
ISBN-13: 9781933264004
Subjects: Nursing homes -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Actions and defenses -- United States.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Libby Edwards, Esq; title: Screening the nursing home case / Steven M. Levin, Esq. and David H. Brinton, Esq; title: Nursing home cases: investigation and pretrial considerations / Ruben Krisztal, Esq; title: Assisted living cases: investigation and pretrial considerations / Sean Doolan, Esq. and Monica Agosto; title: The legal nurse consultant: an essential team member / Patricia W. Iyer and Deborah D. D'Andrea; title: Inside the nursing home / Mary L. Lubin, Erane Allen, and Julie Braun; title: Foundations of nursing practice / Gloria Blackmon, Patricia W. Iyer, and Jill Thomas; title: Nursing home liability and its consequences / Patricia W. Iyer; title: Physician's liability issues / Kathryn L. Locatell; title: The administrator and nursing home liability issues / Byron S. Arbeit; title: Falls and restraints liability issues / Elizabeth Capezuti, William T. Lawson III, JD, Michelle Hammer, and Jennifer Melone; title: Skin trauma / Kelly Jaszarowski and Steven Castle; title: Wandering and elopement / Margaret Chizek; title: Infections in the nursing home / Jacqueline Vance; title: Pain (mis)management litigation / Julie A. Braun; title: Pharmacology and the elderly / Steven Zlotnick; title: Investigation of billing fraud / Rose Clifford and Mary K. Leverock; title: Tampering with medical records / Patricia W. Iyer; title: Defending long-term care facilities : unraveling clinical outcomes from the natural history of aging / Fred M. Feinsod; title: Defense attorney's perspective / J. Scott Myers, Esq; title: Claims adjuster's perspective on nursing home cases / Steven I. Adler and Jaclyn S. Adler.