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

Contents: Law in Medicine: An Overview: The Evolution of Medical Malpractice Law. A Judicial Overview of Medical Malpractice. The Defense of a Malpractice Case. Tort Law as It Applies to Medical Malpractice Litigation. The Regulatory Law as It Affects Physicians. The Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Litigation. The Physician and Antitrust Law. Risk Management for the Physician. Protection of Research Subjects in Clinical Research. Informed Consent. Improving and Refocusing the Medical-Legal System. Ethics, Medicine, and the Law.- Legal Dimensions of Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine: Legal Problems in Critical Care Units. Legal Aspects of Medical Inventions. Mysteries Unravelled by Post-Mortem Examination. Legal Implications of Adverse Drug Reactions. Chest Trauma: Differing Medical and Legal Perspectives. Assessing and Presenting the Medical Evidence in a Case of Occupational Lung Disease. Impairment Evaluation for Disability Determination. The Asbestos Connection: The Differing Perspectives of Medicine and the Law. Medical and Legal Issues in Lung Cancer. Brain Death and the Law. Withholding and Withdrawing Life Support. Airway Management and Mechanical Ventilation. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization and Its Problems. Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation. Medicolegal Issues in Pulmonary Emboli. Legal Aspects of HIV Infection (AIDS).- Medical and Legal Aspects of Tuberculosis in Drug Addicts, Prisoners and Patients with AIDS. Hypersensitivity Lung Disease and Challenge Testing. Asthma in the Emergency Room. Medical and Legal Questions in Occupational Airway Disorders. Legal Aspects of Respiratory Therapy. Legal Aspects of Lasers. The Psychological Effects of Medical Malpractice Litigation on the Physician.- Index.