Medical malpractice
Subtitle: how to prevent and survive a suit
By: edited by Richard Nasca ... [et al.].
Contributors: Nasca, Richard.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Data Trace Pub. Co
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Brooklandville, Md
Language: eng
Subjects: Physicians -- Malpractice -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Insurance, Physicians' liability -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Malpractice -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Liability, Legal -- United States; Risk Management -- methods -- United States
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Table of contents: title: What triggers a patient to sue his physician? / David C. Urquira; title: Ways to avoid malpractice / David C. Urquira; title: Creating medical records that are suit resistant / David E. Attarian; title: How to document patient discussions, operative and procedure permits and properly dismiss a patient from your practice / David E. Attarian; title: Standard of care / Leonard Berlin; title: Proximate cause / Leonard Berlin; title: What you should know about HIPPA / Stephen Johnson; title: Personality characteristics of the litigant patient / Richard J. Nasca; title: How to structure your office to avoid malpractice / Deborah N. Meyer; title: Avoiding complications and managing risk / David E. Attarian; title: Anatomy of a lawsuit / Robert M. Clay; title: What a plaintiff's attorney looks for in a malpractice case / Lee A. Whitehurst and Roger Young; title: Players in the malpractice arena / Richard J. Nasca; title: Evaluating your assigned attorney / David E. Attarian; title: Personal legal representation during medical malpractice defense / Erle E. Peacock Jr.; title: The deposition a place of great danger and great opportunity / Lee Whitehurst; title: Participating in your own defense / Louise B. Andrew; title: When the expert is not an expert / Louise B. Andrew; title: Alternative dispute resolution / Albert Sanders; title: Attending the trial / Richard J. Nasca; title: Settlement of medical malpractice cases / Roger Young; title: Matters before the medical board / Robert M. Clay & H. Diane Meelheim; title: The criminalization of medical errors / Thomas R. McLean; title: Reaction to a claim: how a malpractice suit affects you / Richard J. Nasca; title: Managing medical malpractice stress / Louise B. Andrew & John-Henry Pfifferling; title: Trends in malpractice litigation / Leonard Berlin; title: Counter claims as a strategy to combat frivolous medical malpractice suits / Jeffrey Segal; title: Lessons learned the hard way / Donald P. Wolfram; title: Asset protection techniques / Michael J. Searcy; title: Medical professional liability insurance / Theodore L. Passineau.