The risk management handbook for healthcare professionals / edited by Joseph S. Sanfilippo and Clayton L. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sanfilippo, J. S. (Joseph S.)

Robinson, Clayton (Clayton L. N.)

Dr. D. Sergeant Pepper Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals--Risk management.

Hospitals.

Malpractice.

Risk Management.

Medical Subjects:

Malpractice.

Risk Management.

Physical Description:

xvi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Parthenon, 2002.

Contents:

1. The medical chart: preventative documentation / Clayton L. Robinson, JD 1

2. The disgruntled patient: dealing with requests for records, threats of litigation and phone calls from lawyers / Clayton L. Robinson, JD 5

3. Informed consent and informed refusal / Steven R. Smith, JD 9

4. Adult primary care / Keith T. Kanel, MD, FACP 19

5. Pediatrics / Stephen P. Wright, MD 37

6. Child sexual abuse / David Muram, MD 45

7. General surgery / William Cheadle, MD 55

8. Psychiatry / David A. Casey, MD 61

9. Radiology / Leonard Berlin, MD, FACR 67

10. Anesthesiology / Linda F. Lucas, MD 83

11. Emergency medicine / Robert M. Hamilton, MD, Joseph Joyce, MD 95

12. Obstetrics and gynecology / Jan Schneider, MD 105

13. Physical medicine and rehabilitation / Linda H. Gleis, MD 113

14. Neurosurgery / Robert White, PhD, MD 119

15. Ophthalmology / Arthur H. Keeney, MD 129

16. Urology / Shafquat Meraj, MD, Robert K. Luntz, MD, Harris M. Nagler, MD 133

17. Orthopedic surgery / Patrick J. DeMeo, MD, Gerald W. Pifer, MD, Nicholas G. Sotereanos, MD 147

18. Plastic surgery / Gerald D. Verdi, DDS, MD 163

19. Pathology / Dennis M. O'Connor, MD 169

20. Otolaryngology - head and neck surgery / Jason P. Lockette, MD, Jeffrey M. Bumpous, MD 177

21. Dermatology / Ira J.K. Cohen, MD 183

22. Cardiovascular medicine / George J. Taylor, MD 187

23. Pharmacy / Gerald D. Wilkie, MS, RPh 195

24. Resident physicians / Gary P. Duechle, JD, Alfred L. Thompson, MD 201

25. Medical students / Leah J. Dickstein, MD 205

26. Advanced practice nurses, including midwives and anesthetists, and physician assistants / Marianne Hopkins Hutti, DNS, WHNP-C, Paulette Freeman Adams, EdD, RN 211

27. Dentistry and oral surgery / Greg C. Nunnally, DMD, Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA 217

28. Podiatry / James Brungo, DPM, Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA 219

29. Chiropractic / Craig A. Mueller, DC 223

30. Words from a plaintiff's attorney / Gary M. Weiss, JD 231

31. Deposition-pre-trial-trial / Tracy S. Prewitt, JD, John T. Ballantine, JD 237

32. Successfully suing the plaintiff's attorney / Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA 247

33. Living will / Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA 257

34. National Practitioner Data Bank / Ronald L. Scott, JD 261

35. A patient Bill of Rights / Peter A. Schwartz, MD 269

36. Basic legal principles / Clayton L. Robinson, JD, David B. Gazak, JD, PhD 275

37. Medicolegal problems in Britain / John Dewhurst, FRCOG, FRCS 281

38. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and bloodborne pathogens / Lynn K. Rikhoff, JD 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. D. Sergeant Pepper Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1842140698

OCLC:

45952250