Authored by the two primary organizations in the field, Legal Medicine: Health Care Law and Medical Ethics, 8th Edition, remains the premier treatise in this increasingly important area of medical practice. In the midst of a progressively litigious culture, this essential reference provides up-to-date information on topics surrounding professional medical liability, the business aspects of medical practice, and medicolegal and ethical issues, offering comprehensive discussions on a myriad of topics that health care professionals face every day.
Key Features
- Addresses the legal aspects of almost every medical topic that impacts health care professionals, using actual case studies to illustrate nuances in the law.
- Offers the expert guidance of top professionals across medical and legal fields in an easy-to-read format.
- Includes new chapters on Legal Medicine History; Healthcare Technology; Patients with Infectious Diseases (HIV Infection and COVID-19); General Pain Management; Opioids and Illicit Drugs: Misuse, Abuse and Addiction; Cannabis (Marijuana); Drug (Treatment) Courts; and Public Health Law and Policy.
- Provides authoritative information on current issues such as the high costs of medical liability insurance for practitioners and organizations; changes in health care and the law, including HIPAA and patient privacy; the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the opioid epidemic, and more.
- Features Key Points boxes to open every chapter, Pearls boxes to call out important details, additional diagrams and tables throughout, a glossary of medical terms, and updated references and suggested readings.
- Serves as the syllabus for the Board Review Course of the American Board of Legal Medicine (ABLM).
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
Author Information
By American College of Legal Medicine and American Board of Legal Medicine
Part One: Legal Medicine in the Digital Age
1. History of Legal Medicine
2. The American Legal System
3. Digital Healthcare
4. History of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
5. Artificial Intelligence Liability Theories in Medicine
6. Artificial Intelligence in Genetics
7. Use of AI in Dentistry
8. Medical Records and Prescribing by Physicians
9. Spoliation: Altered Medical Records
10. The Confidentiality of Digital Medical Information
11. Telemedicine Liability
Part Two: Law of Medicine and Medical Practice
12. The Standard of Care and the Reasonable Doctor and Juror
13. Healthcare Provider Contracts
14. Physician as an Employer
15. The Law of Agency and Partnership
16. Medical Practice Organizations and Joint Ventures
17. Patents, Intellectual Property, and Licenses
18. The Law of Antitrust
19. Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques
20. Professional Liability Insurance
Part Three: Medical Education and Practice
21. Medical Education and State Board Licensure
22. Medical Staff Peer Review in Credentialing and Privileging of Physicians
23. Physician Profile Databases
24. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Part Four: Professional Medical Ethics
25. Physician–Patient Relationship
26. Competency and Capacity: A Primer
27. Informed Consent to Medical and Surgical Treatment
28. Mandatory Evaluation of Older Doctors for Physical and Cognitive Impairment
Part Five: Prescribing and Pain Management
29. Prescribing by Clinicians
30. Drug Courts
31. Cannabis (Marijuana): Metabolic and Medical Aspects
32. Cannabinoids: Legal Aspects
33. Liability for Physicians Who Certify Medical Cannabis Therapy
Part Six: Legal Aspects of Public Health
34. Occupational Health Law
35. Public Health Law
36. HIV/AIDS: Ethical and Legal Aspects
37. Responses to COVID-19: Ethical and Legal Issues
38. Legal and Policy Aspects of Bioterrorism
Part Seven: Forensic Science and Medicine
39. Forensic Use of Medical Information in Civil and Criminal Justice Systems
40. Forensic Pathology
41. Psychiatric Patients and Forensic Psychiatry
42. Forensic Criminalistics
Part Eight: Care of Special Patients
43. Child Abuse
44. Domestic Violence Patients
45. Geriatric Patients
46. Elder Law: Ethical and Legal Issues
47. Cancer Genetics: Discrimination and Counseling
48. The Process of Dying
49. Aid in Dying and Palliative Sedation in the United States
50. Preparticipation Athletic Screening, Supervision, and Disqualification of Student Athletes: Physician Apprehension of Legal Liability
Part Nine: Professional Medical Liability
51. Medical Malpractice Stress Syndrome
52. Etiology of Medical Malpractice: Causes of Action
53. Defenses to a Claim of Medical Malpractice
54. Medication Errors by Healthcare Providers
55. Medical Testimony and the Expert Witness
56. Physician Conduct at Deposition and at Trial
57. Pretrial, Trial, and Appeal Procedures
58. Legal Liability in Clinical Trials Research
59. Medical Product Liability
60. Countersuits by Healthcare Providers
61. Crimes by Healthcare Providers (Part 1)
62. Crimes by Healthcare Providers (Part 2)
63. Cerebral Palsy Litigation: A Continuing 21st Century Epidemic
Part Ten: Liability of Medical Specialists
64. Emergency Medicine
65. Family Practice and Internal Medicine Liability
66. Liability of Cardiologists
67. Liability of Surgeons
68. Legal Issues in Newborn Intensive Care
69. Pediatric Liability
70. Liability in Obstetrics and Gynecology
71. Liability of the Ophthalmologist
72. Otolaryngology Liability
73. Liability of Radiologists
74. Liability of Neurologists
75. Liability of Plastic Surgeons
76. Nursing Liability
77. Liability of Pharmacists
78. Liability of Psychiatrists
79. Liability of the Clinical Pathologist
80. Life Care Planning: Ethical and Legal Issues
81. Liability of Urologists
82. Liability and Risk Management in Anesthesiology
Glossary of AI Terms
Case Index
Subject Index
Appendix A General Medical-Legal terms
