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Risk Prevention in Ophthalmology

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Marvin F. Kraushar

    1. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA

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  • Written by an ophthalmologist in practice for more than twenty years, this book takes a medical, not legal, approach to explain to physicians how to avoid litigation in the first place

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. General Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Basic Medical Malpractice Terminology

      • Marvin F. Kraushar
      Pages 3-6

    3. The Defense Attorney

      • E. Burke Giblin
      Pages 7-25

    4. The Plaintiff's Attorney

      • Lee S. Goldsmith
      Pages 27-36

    5. The Trial Judge

      • David S. Cramp
      Pages 37-39

    6. The Medical Expert

      • Edward L. Raab
      Pages 41-46

    7. Sequence of Events in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

      • Marvin F. Kraushar
      Pages 47-64

    8. Informed Consent

      • Marvin F. Kraushar
      Pages 65-75

    9. The Five Most Effective Risk Prevention Strategies

      • Marvin F. Kraushar
      Pages 77-84

    10. Revelation of Adverse Events and the Conundrum of an Apology

      • Marvin F. Kraushar, Peter H. Morse
      Pages 85-88

  3. Risk Management in the Ophthalmic Subspecialties and Related Fields

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 90-90
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    2. Anesthesia

      • Marvin F. Kraushar, Peter H. Morse
      Pages 91-101

    3. Cataract Surgery

      • Stephen A. Kamenetzky
      Pages 103-117

    4. Cornea: External Disease and Contact Lenses

      • Peter R. Laibson
      Pages 119-129

    5. Drugs

      • Simon K. Law
      Pages 131-147

    6. Emergencies

      • Peter H. Morse
      Pages 149-161

    7. Glaucoma

      • Robert F. Sanke, Paul P. Lee
      Pages 163-170

    8. Neuroophthalmology

      • Andrew G. Lee
      Pages 171-179

    9. Oncology

      • Devron H. Char
      Pages 181-185
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About this book

Just as patients do not come to a medical office with the intention of suing the p- sician, physicians have no intention of harming their patients. The extensive tra- ing physicians undertake and the nature of the services they provide make them dedicated to doing their best for the well being of their patients. Medical training itself inculcates physicians with the philosophy of not making mistakes. The cri- rion for establishing medical malpractice is negligence on the part of the physician that is the proximate cause of an injury suffered by the patient. The definition of negligence refers to “an unintentional act or failure to act. ” If a physician acts in a negligent manner regardless of whether he or she causes harm to a patient, it is an unintentional error. Allegations of negligence are thus not simply a legal challenge for physicians but are also a professional and psychological affront. It is very uns- tling for the physician who acts with the best of intentions to face the allegation that his or her care was negligent. For physicians, who are trained to search for the truth, the process of litigation is antithetical to their manner of reasoning. The adversarial system of the law is not necessarily a search for the truth but rather the selective presentation of only that e- dence that is favorable to the plaintiff or to the defendant.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA

    Marvin F. Kraushar

About the editor

Dr. Kraushar is an adjunct professor at Mt. Sinai in New York, but spends the bulk of his time in private practice. Dr. Kraushar has been in practice for nearly twenty years and had published literally dozens of articles in the most highly cited ophthalmology journals discussing the issue of medical malpractice. Unusual among presenters at the American Academy of Ophthalmology because he is not primarily an academic doctor, he nonetheless has chaired multiple symposia at the AAO annual meeting on the subject.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Risk Prevention in Ophthalmology

  • Editors: Marvin F. Kraushar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73341-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-73340-1Published: 19 February 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-73341-8Published: 10 February 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 282

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Medical Law

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