Legal Aspects of Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Law in Medicine: An Overview

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Evolution of Medical Malpractice Law

      • Melvin M. Belli Sr.

      Pages 3-8

   3. A Judicial Overview of Medical Malpractice

      • Ira Gammerman

      Pages 9-14

   4. The Defense of a Malpractice Case

      • Herbert Dicker, Jeffrey D. Robertson

      Pages 15-21

   5. Tort Law as It Applies to Medical Malpractice Litigation

      • Troyen A. Brennan

      Pages 22-25

   6. The Regulatory Law as It Affects Physicians

      • Robert S. Asher

      Pages 26-32

   7. The Expert Witness in Medical Malpractice Litigation

      • James R. Vevaina, Leonard L. Finz

      Pages 33-38

   8. The Physician and Antitrust Law

      • Arnold S. Relman

      Pages 39-41

   9. Risk Management for the Physician

      • Michael S. Kaminski, Jeanne H. Pores, Ashifa Bhayani, Joseph A. Pennisi

      Pages 42-50

   10. Protection of Research Subjects in Clinical Research

       • Harold M. Ginzburg

       Pages 51-60

   11. Informed Consent

       • Charles L. Sprung, Bruce J. Winick

       Pages 61-66

   12. Improving and Refocusing the Medical—Legal System

       • Eugene D. Robin

       Pages 67-73

   13. Ethics, Medicine, and the Law

       • George A. Kanoti

       Pages 74-81

3. Legal Dimensions of Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Legal Problems in Critical Care Units

      • Roger C. Bone, James R. Vevaina, John R. Dunne

      Pages 85-97

   3. Legal Aspects of Medical Inventions

      • Harold J. C. Swan, James R. Vevaina

      Pages 98-101

   4. Mysteries Unravelled by Postmortem Examination

      • Cyril H. Wecht

      Pages 102-111

   5. Legal Implications of Adverse Drug Reactions

      • Edward C. Rosenow III, Scott E. Rosenow

      Pages 112-118

   6. Chest Trauma: Differing Medical and Legal Perspectives

      • Kenneth L. Mattox, Harold L. Hirsh

      Pages 119-129

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.

• Trauma
• asthma
• care
• critical care
• infection
• intensive care medicine
• mechanical ventilation
• transplantation

• Pulmonary Lab, Flushing Medical Center, USA

  James R. Vevaina

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

  James R. Vevaina

• Pulmonary division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, USA

  James R. Vevaina

• State of New York and Consolidated Edison Corporation, USA

  James R. Vevaina

• Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, Flushing, USA

  James R. Vevaina

• Department of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, USA

  Roger C. Bone

• Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 2nd and 11th Judicial Districts, USA

  Edwin Kassoff

• Pace University, USA

  Edwin Kassoff

• Jamaica, USA

  Edwin Kassoff

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