Legal Medicine, 7th Edition
American College of Legal Medicine
Hardbound, 768 pages
Size: 11" x 8.5"
ISBN 0323037534
978-0323037532
Mosby
February 2004 (click the button below for the very best currently available
price for this important resource)
Regarded as the citable treatise in
the field, Legal Medicine explores and illustrates the legal
implications of medical practice and the special legal issues
arising from managed care.
Edited by the American College of Legal Medicine, it features
comprehensive discussions on a myriad of legal issues that
health care professionals face every day. Its key features include:
Addresses the legal aspects of almost every medical topic
that impact health care professionals.
Uses actual case studies to illustrate nuances in the law.
Discusses current trends in the peer review process
Discusses physician-assisted suicide
Discusses issues related to managed care organizations and
medical practice.
Offers the expert guidance of top professionals across medical
and legal fields in an easy to read format.
Includes a glossary of medical terms.
Features 30 brand-new chapters that address the hottest topics
in the field, including
health care professional impairment
complementary and alternative medicine
patents, intellectual property and licenses
HIPPA privacy rules
legal aspects of bioterrorism
and many more.
Includes expanded information on existing chapters, such as
Telemedicine and Electronic Mail
Medical and Scientific Expert Testimony
Medical Records and Disclosure About Patients
and Liability Exposure Facing Managed Care Organizations.
Presents extended coverage in the Professional Medical
Liability section, as well as the Forensic Science and Medicine
section to include
forensic engineering
forensic toxicology
forensic entomology
and forensic odontology.
And more.
Substantially revised and expanded and
written in a plain manner, this New Edition includes 20 brand-new
chapters that address the hottest topics in the field today. It
serves as the syllabus for the Board Review Course of the American
Board of Legal Medicine (ABLM).
Includes need-to-know information on
telemedicine and electronic mail ˇ medical and scientific expert
testimony ˇ medical records and disclosure about patients ˇ and
liability exposure facing managed care organizations.
Addresses the legal aspects of
almost every medical topic that impacts health care
professionals.
Uses actual case studies to
illustrate nuances in the law.
Discusses current trends in the peer
review process ˇ physician-assisted suicide ˇ and managed care
organizations.
Offers the expert guidance of top
professionals across medical and legal fields in an easy to read
format.
