Learning from Medical Errors: Legal Issues - Softcover

Nguyen, Anh Vu; Nguyen, Dung

 
9781857757675: Learning from Medical Errors: Legal Issues

Synopsis

As medical litigation continues to increase, the best defence for doctors is to be aware of, and avoid, medical errors. This book focuses on the key legal issues including medical documentation, which reduce risk and liability when handled correctly. It contains chapters on difficult patients and special issues for emergency physicians. The case-based format demonstrates clinical relevance and useful examples are drawn from office, hospital and community settings. This book is the companion volume to Learning from Medical Errors: Clinical Problems which focuses on the most common clinical situations resulting in malpractice litigation. Learning from Medical Errors: Legal Issues is vital reading for all doctors, medical lecturers and teachers and medical lawyers.

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Nguyen, Anh Vu; Nguyen, Dung

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