Legal Medicine – 6th edition
Legal Medicine was one of the first books available to doctors in search of answers to legal questions. As the leader in medico-legal knowledge, this sixth edition is the source for healthcare practitioners' legal medicine needs. It highlights those issues in healthcare that constitute potential pitfalls and problems of a legal nature. Now brought completely up to date, this unparalleled resource remains most reliable text available on the legal implications of medical practice.
Features
Addresses the legal aspects of almost every medical topic that impacts healthcare professionals.
Uses actual case studies to illustrate nuances in the law.
Discusses current trends in the peer review process physician-assisted suicide and managed care organisations.
Offers the expert guidance of top professionals across medical and legal fields in an easy to read format.
Includes a glossary of medical terms.
| Author: |
American College of Legal Medicine |
| ISBN: |
0323023983 |
| Publisher: |
Mosby |
| Binding: |
Hardcover |
| Year Published: |
March 2004 |
| No. of Pages: |
720 |
| Contents: |
| SECTION ONE LEGAL MEDICINE AND HEALTH LAW EDUCATION • SECTION TWO MEDICAL LICENSURE, CREDENTIALING, PRIVILEGING AND PROFILING • SECTION THREE BUSINESS ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE • SECTION FOUR MEDICAL LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENCOUNTERS • SECTION FIVE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL LIABILITY • SECTION SIX CARE OF SPECIAL PATIENTS • SECTION SEVEN LEGAL ASPECTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH • SECTION EIGHT THE FORENSIC SCIENCE AND MEDICINE SECTION NINE INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS • GLOSSARY: Selected Health Care and Legal Medicine Terminology |
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