Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare

Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare
Author: Jason Payne-James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2009-11-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521744075

An overview of those legal issues most relevant to individuals working in the healthcare professions.

Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation

Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation
Author: Matthew M. Lunn
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016-12-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0128036702

Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation uses a unique approach by combining medical issues, injury patterns, and investigative procedures to provide the reader with the basic fundamentals for a death investigation. The text introduces the reader to death investigation, common causes of death, and very specific types of death, including blunt-force injuries, gunshot wounds, and toxicology deaths. Each section includes case studies with written and visual descriptions. Written by a well-known and experienced medicolegal death investigator, the book fills a void in medicolegal literature for both students and professionals alike. - Provides a valuable guide to the interpretation of medical death investigation for practitioners and students - Covers the following circumstances in death investigations: asphyxiation, blunt-force injuries, sharp-force injuries, gunshot wounds, toxicology deaths, and natural causes - Includes case studies with written and visual descriptions and discussion, as well as up-to-date literature review

The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine

The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine
Author: James E. Szalados
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 694
Release: 2021-04-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030685705

The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine: A Resource for Clinicians, Administrators, and Risk Managers is a comprehensive resource intended to provide a state-of-the-art overview of complex ethical, regulatory, and legal issues of importance to clinical healthcare professionals in the area of acute care medicine; including, for example, physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and care managers. In addition, this book also covers key legal and regulatory issues relevant to non-clinicians, such as hospital and practice administrators; department heads, educators, and risk managers. This text reviews traditional and emerging areas of ethical and legal controversies in healthcare such as resuscitation; mass-casualty event response and triage; patient autonomy and shared decision-making; medical research and teaching; ethical and legal issues in the care of the mental health patient; and, medical record documentation and confidentiality. Furthermore, this volume includes chapters dedicated to critically important topics, such as team leadership, the team model of clinical care, drug and device regulation, professional negligence, clinical education, the law of corporations, tele-medicine and e-health, medical errors and the culture of safety, regulatory compliance, the regulation of clinical laboratories, the law of insurance, and a practical overview of claims management and billing. Authored by experts in the field, The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine: A Resource for Clinicians, Administrators, and Risk Managers is a valuable resource for all clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals.

Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices

Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices
Author: Anil Aggrawal
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2008-12-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1420043099

From sexual abuse and fetishism to necrophilia and sadomasochism, this unique volume identifies fourteen classifications of unusual sexual pathologies. Emphasizing the physical and psychological aspects of sexuality itself, the book presents detailed comparisons of legal and medical definitions, historical aspects, current incidence, and geographic

Human Rights and Healthcare

Human Rights and Healthcare
Author: Elizabeth Wicks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2007-07-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 184731371X

Human Rights and Healthcare looks at medical law from a human rights perspective. Almost all issues traditionally taught under a "medical law" label have significant human rights issues inherent within them. This book is unique in bringing those human rights implications to the fore. The rights at issue include established fundamental rights such as the right to life; the right to respect for a private life; and the right to physical integrity, as well as more controversial "rights" such as a "right to reproduce" and a "right to die". The human rights perspective of this book enables new light to be cast upon familiar medico-legal cases and issues. As such the book provides a genuine merging of human rights law and medical law and will be of value to all students and academics studying medical law, as well as to those interested in the broader issues raised by the growing human rights culture within the UK and worldwide.

Legal Aspects of Medical Practice

Legal Aspects of Medical Practice
Author: Bernard Knight
Publisher:
Total Pages: 385
Release: 1992
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780443045684

The latest edition of a well-established and trusted account of the relationship of medicine to Law. 'Legal Aspects of Medical Practice' assists doctors in all specialties and at all levels of seniority in understanding the principles of the legal systemas it affects the medical profession. Together with an outline of clinical forensic medicine and forensic pathology, it enables doctors of all disciplines to recognise and cope with medico-legal complications.

Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death

Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death
Author: Werner U. Spitz
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Total Pages: 769
Release: 2020-07-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0398093121

This is not just a new edition but a different book, emphasizing trauma and wound analysis. The addition of a new co-editor, Dr. Francisco J. Diaz, has brought new ideas to this fifth edition. A chapter by Doctor Jan Leetsma, world-renowned neuropathologist, has also been included. Doctor Leetsma’s vast experience in forensic neuropathology will certainly enhance this book. Several chapters have been eliminated that are no longer applicable or which are adequately covered in other publications. Over time, in the past 48 years, since this book was first published, Medicolegal Investigation of Death has been dubbed the “Bible of Forensic Pathology.” The fifth edition includes over 600 case reports and hundreds of color photographs. The cases are from files the authors have personally handled. According to author Spitz, “We have found many times analysis of small wounds will lead to understanding of a giant case—like the case in Hawaii, where a body was found under a full-size van, with a thread mark on the cheek consistent with having been hit with a black pipe used for gas lines that were found in a bucket in the rear of the van. As it turned out, this was a murder, not an accident.” The book is full of such cases. This book will help you understand the details of injuries and how a person was injured and how they died and how these injuries, perhaps at first blush possibly seemingly insignificant, can shed new light on a case. Medicolegal Investigation of Death now embraces not just basic forensic pathology but also includes death during restraint, conscious pain and suffering and new concepts related to the interpretation of injuries by detailed wound analysis. The continued use of simple, non-technical terminology makes this book a truly unique treatise and source of information.

Clinical Responsibility

Clinical Responsibility
Author: Jane Lynch
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-07-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1138031003

Clinical Responsibility provides practical legal advice by highlighting real-life healthcare case studies and workplace examples. It looks specifically at the areas of accountability, the legal process, what constitutes a legal claim brought by the patient, and the duty of care and how it is measured. It assists and guides health professionals in understanding their legal and professional obligations and the implications for managing risk.

A-Z of Medical Law

A-Z of Medical Law
Author: David Jan McQuoid-Mason
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2011
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780702186660

Medical doctors and allied health professionals deal with a range of complex legal issues on a daily basis, making decisions that have far reaching medical-legal consequences. They must stay informed and up-to-date with their rights and obligations under legislation in order to protect both themselves and the patients in their care. This is an essential quick-reference book for medical professionals. Written by an internationally renowned team of medical-legal academics, this book should be on the bookshelf of every health care practitioner.

Physician's Guide to Medicolegal Practice

Physician's Guide to Medicolegal Practice
Author: Mohammed I. Ranavaya
Publisher: American Medical Association Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2019
Genre: Evidence, Expert
ISBN: 9781622028856

Physician's Guide to Medicolegal Practice is a practical guide to the critical information, principles and practices essential for physicians, doctors and other professionals who are contemplating entry into the field of independent medical examination (IME), expert witness and forensic opinion work, or looking to enhance their skills within this field. It bridges the gap between reading about the IME business and actually carrying out the work. This comprehensive work consists of 10 chapters that cover broad topics from all aspects of medicolegal practice including performing independent medical examinations, writing record and file review opinions, handling expert witness opportunities, and dealing with personal injury claims, court systems, and legal professionals ethically and professionally. The art of medicolegal report writing and scientific causation analysis, which are essential components of a successful practice for any medical or scientific disciplines where IME and expert witness opinions are needed by workers' compensation systems, casualty insurers claimants, treating physicians, and attorneys, is also discussed in detail. The second half of the book discusses deposition and courtroom testimony skills any independent medical examiner/expert witness needs, and warns of common challenges and pitfalls encountered when dealing with the legal system, including other issues arising out of IME and expert witness practice, and recommends preventive strategies. Finally, a robust appendix provides sample forms and templates to help you get started in this business. Features and Benefits Ten concise and easy to read chapters present the information needed to begin and grow a medicolegal practice. Practice pearls throughout each chapter highlight the main and most salient points. They are the perfect resource for the reader who needs a quick refresh of this guide. Thorough definitions of common medical and legal terms provide readers with the medicolegal vocabulary they need. A robust appendix contains the 10 most important samples of forms, letters and documents that can help a reader launch a new or enhance an established business. For physicians, this book teaches skills absent from medical training or residency programs and rarely covered in journal articles.