The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine
A Resource for Clinicians, Administrators, and Risk Managers
Editors: Szalados, James E. (Ed.)
Free Preview- One of the first dedicated resources focused on the medical-legal aspects of acute care medicine
- Supplemented with numerous illustrations and tables to facilitate ease of understanding
- Written by experts in the field
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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James E. Szalados, MD, MBA, MHA, Esq.Director, Surgical and Neurocritical Care UnitsRochester General Hospital Rochester Regional Health SystemAttorney and Counselor at LawRochester, NYUSA
- Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Morality, Ethics, the Foundations of the American Legal System, and Ethical Challenges in the Digital Age
Pages 1-18
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Traditional and Applied Clinical Ethics: Contemporary and Evolving Challenges
Pages 19-41
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The Ethics and Laws Governing Informed Decision-Making in Healthcare: Informed Consent, Refusal, and Discussions Regarding Resuscitation and Life-Sustaining Treatment
Pages 43-73
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The Laws and Regulations Governing Hospitals and Healthcare Entities
Pages 75-116
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The Timeline of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Pages 117-135
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine
- Book Subtitle
- A Resource for Clinicians, Administrators, and Risk Managers
- Editors
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- James E. Szalados
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-68570-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-68570-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-68569-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 700
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
- Topics
