Survivor medicine
Subtitle: malpractice for otolaryngologists
By: Douglas E. Dawson, Eric M. Kraus.
Contributors: Kraus, Eric M.; American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Alexandria, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781567721188
Subjects: Physicians -- Malpractice -- United States; Insurance, Liability -- United States; Risk Management -- United States; Malpractice -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Otolaryngology -- United States; Insurance, Liability -- United States; Risk Management -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Patient safety and medmal litigation; title: The legal system and medical malpractice definitions; title: Why are physicians sued?; title: Malpractice statistics and otolaryngology; title: The stages of a medmal claim; title: Physician litigation response and coping; title: Risk management; title: Best practices; title: Asset protection and estate planning; title: Lessons learned.