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Legal Aspects of Medicine

Including Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. James R. Vevaina

    1. Pulmonary Lab, Flushing Medical Center, USA
      Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
      Pulmonary division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, USA
      State of New York and Consolidated Edison Corporation, USA
      Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, Flushing, USA

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  2. Roger C. Bone

    1. Department of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, USA

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  3. Edwin Kassoff

    1. Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 2nd and 11th Judicial Districts, USA
      Pace University, USA
      Jamaica, USA

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Law in Medicine: An Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Evolution of Medical Malpractice Law

      • Melvin M. Belli Sr.
      Pages 3-8

    3. A Judicial Overview of Medical Malpractice

      • Ira Gammerman
      Pages 9-14

    4. The Defense of a Malpractice Case

      • Herbert Dicker, Jeffrey D. Robertson
      Pages 15-21

    5. Tort Law as It Applies to Medical Malpractice Litigation

      • Troyen A. Brennan
      Pages 22-25

    6. The Regulatory Law as It Affects Physicians

      • Robert S. Asher
      Pages 26-32

    7. The Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Litigation

      • James R. Vevaina, Leonard L. Finz
      Pages 33-38

    8. The Physician and Antitrust Law

      • Arnold S. Relman
      Pages 39-41

    9. Risk Management for the Physician

      • Michael S. Kaminski, Jeanne H. Pores, Ashifa Bhayani, Joseph A. Pennisi
      Pages 42-50

    10. Protection of Research Subjects in Clinical Research

      • Harold M. Ginzburg
      Pages 51-60

    11. Informed Consent

      • Charles L. Sprung, Bruce J. Winick
      Pages 61-66

    12. Improving and Refocusing the Medical—Legal System

      • Eugene D. Robin
      Pages 67-73

    13. Ethics, Medicine, and the Law

      • George A. Kanoti
      Pages 74-81

  3. Legal Dimensions of Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Legal Problems in Critical Care Units

      • Roger C. Bone, James R. Vevaina, John R. Dunne
      Pages 85-97

    3. Legal Aspects of Medical Inventions

      • Harold J. C. Swan, James R. Vevaina
      Pages 98-101

    4. Mysteries Unravelled by Postmortem Examination

      • Cyril H. Wecht
      Pages 102-111

    5. Legal Implications of Adverse Drug Reactions

      • Edward C. Rosenow III, Scott E. Rosenow
      Pages 112-118

    6. Chest Trauma: Differing Medical and Legal Perspectives

      • Kenneth L. Mattox, Harold L. Hirsh
      Pages 119-129
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About this book

The simple reason for creating this book was my impression that the law is having an increasing impact on the practice of medicine. There is hardly a physician I know who has not been deeply troubled by legal problems professionally, economically, and most important of all, psychologically. The past decade has seen medical practice premiums steadily rising. Multimillion dollar verdicts have not been unusual. Having disregarded these vital issues for many years, physicians have suddenly become very aware of litigation-related problems. Having been interested for a long time in the logic ofthe law and the romance of legal research, I thought it would be useful to create a book that would result in the blending of great minds in law and medicine. It has been my long­ standing observation and belief that the approach of professors of medicine, and that of learned members of the bar and bench, when put together, produce unique results. Putting these views together has been the real challenge in editing this book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pulmonary Lab, Flushing Medical Center, USA

    James R. Vevaina

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

    James R. Vevaina

  • Pulmonary division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, USA

    James R. Vevaina

  • State of New York and Consolidated Edison Corporation, USA

    James R. Vevaina

  • Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, Flushing, USA

    James R. Vevaina

  • Department of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, USA

    Roger C. Bone

  • Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 2nd and 11th Judicial Districts, USA

    Edwin Kassoff

  • Pace University, USA

    Edwin Kassoff

  • Jamaica, USA

    Edwin Kassoff

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Legal Aspects of Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Including Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine

  • Editors: James R. Vevaina, Roger C. Bone, Edwin Kassoff

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4534-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96831-5Published: 03 April 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8867-1Published: 10 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-4534-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 340

  • Topics: Medical Law, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Cardiology, Pneumology/Respiratory System

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