A practitioner's guide to hospital liability
By: James T. O'Reilly, Jolene Sobotka and Philip Hagan
Contributors: Sobotka, Jolene; Hagan, Philip
Publisher: Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association; American Bar Association
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781616328542
Subjects: Tort liability of hospitals
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding the hospital structures and actors; title: Defining the standard of hospital care; title: Assault and suicide claims; title: Claims of civil battery and failure of informed consent; title: Negligent failure to monitor patients' condition; title: Physical harms on hospital premises; title: Liability for infection issues; title: Harm associated with equipment failure; title: Drug-dispensing errors; title: Hospital liability for medical errors; title: Special nutritional issues; title: Medical device problems; title: Laboratory errors affecting patients; title: Workplace safety and hospital liability; title: Clinical research negligence issues; title: Care obligations under emtala; title: Death, dying, and end of life issues; title: Reporting of adverse events; title: State regulatory issues; title: Federal standards of hospital care; title: Role of the joint commission; title: Fires and building-related accidents; title: Personnel-related cases; title: Plaintiff's use of expert testimony; title: Health insurance carriers; title: Independence and autonomy of physicians; title: Credentialing of physicians; title: Liability of contractors serving in hospitals.