Legal Aspects of Medicine : Including Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Evolution of Medical Malpractice Law....Pages 3-8 A Judicial Overview of Medical Malpractice....Pages 9-14 The Defense of a Malpractice Case....Pages 15-21 Tort Law as It Applies to Medical Malpractice Litigation....Pages 22-25 The Regulatory Law as It Affects Physicians....Pages 26-32 The Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Litigation....Pages 33-38 The Physician and Antitrust Law....Pages 39-41 Risk Management for the Physician....Pages 42-50 Protection of Research Subjects in Clinical Research....Pages 51-60 Informed Consent....Pages 61-66 Improving and Refocusing the Medical—Legal System....Pages 67-73 Ethics, Medicine, and the Law....Pages 74-81 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Legal Problems in Critical Care Units....Pages 85-97 Legal Aspects of Medical Inventions....Pages 98-101 Mysteries Unravelled by Postmortem Examination....Pages 102-111 Legal Implications of Adverse Drug Reactions....Pages 112-118 Chest Trauma: Differing Medical and Legal Perspectives....Pages 119-129 Assessing and Presenting the Medical Evidence in a Case of Occupational Lung Disease....Pages 130-143 Impairment Evaluation for Disability Determination....Pages 144-151 The Asbestos Connection: The Differing Perspectives of Medicine and the Law....Pages 152-174 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Medical and Legal Issues in Lung Cancer....Pages 175-190 Brain Death and the Law....Pages 191-199 Withholding and Withdrawing Life Support....Pages 200-214 Airway Management and Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 215-221 Pulmonary Artery Catheterization and Its Problems....Pages 222-233 Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation....Pages 234-239 Medicolegal Issues in Pulmonary Emboli....Pages 240-251 Legal Aspects of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Testing and Discrimination....Pages 252-261 Medical and Legal Aspects of Tuberculosis in Drug Addicts, Prisoners, and Patients with AIDS....Pages 262-270 Hypersensitivity Lung Disease and Challenge Testing....Pages 271-280 Asthma in the Emergency Room....Pages 281-290 Medical and Legal Questions in Occupational Airway Disorders....Pages 291-306 Legal Aspects of Respiratory Therapy....Pages 307-310 Legal Aspects of Lasers....Pages 311-324 The Psychological Effects of Medical Malpractice Litigation on the Physician....Pages 325-330 Back Matter....Pages 331-340