The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law, Volumen1Howard H. Kaufman, Jeff L. Lewin Thieme, 1997 - 245 páginas The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law - Volume I discusses situations where there may be legal issues involved in the course of evaluating and treating patients. The authors describe the type of information needed to be collected, how to deal with it, how to preserve it and how to communicate it. The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law - Volume II focuses on the health care system in the U.S. from a physician's perspective. The authors examine and discuss physician licensure, hospital peer review, medical record keeping, and the treatment of Medicare, Medicaid and other types of health insurance. Available in two formats, The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law - Volumes I & II make a valuable addition to any physician's library. And now, buy both volumes and save! (Distributed by Thieme for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons) |
Contenido
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Interface with the Legal System Before Trial | 33 |
Testimony at Trial | 51 |
PATIENTS AND THE | 67 |
Decisions at the End of Life | 81 |
Mental and Emotional Competence | 107 |
Reproductive Health Women and the Law | 123 |
Legal Aspects of Alcohol and Drug Testing | 129 |
Abuse | 141 |
Geriatric Abuse | 151 |
Violence | 159 |
CME QUESTIONS VOLUME I | 1-3 |
INDEX FOR VOLUMES I AND II I19 | 1-43 |
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Página 52 - If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise...
Página 119 - A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect...
Página 10 - They enact thai all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as Is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Página 28 - When a therapist determines, or pursuant to the standards of his profession should determine, that his patient presents a serious danger of violence to another, he incurs an obligation to use reasonable care to protect the intended victim against such danger.
Página 52 - Statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment. Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause or external source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment.
Página 52 - The facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to the expert at or before the hearing. If of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field...
Página 10 - That all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Página 55 - Ordinarily, a key question to be answered in determining whether a theory or technique is scientific knowledge that will assist the trier of fact will be whether it can be (and has been) tested.* Another pertinent consideration is whether the theory or technique has been subjected to peer review and publication.
Página 141 - child abuse and neglect" means the physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, negligent treatment, or maltreatment of a child under the age of eighteen by a person who is responsible for the child's welfare under circumstances which indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened thereby, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.