Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine
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Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine

About this book

On any given day in the emergency department, the chance of confronting a medical-legal dilemma is significant. Emergency medicine and critical care practitioners may have to deal with malpractice claims, informed consent, protection of minors, resuscitation, operational issues and legal compliance requirements frequently. Substantial knowledge of the law as it pertains to their emergency care and acute care practice is essential. Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine is an invaluable resource for medical practitioners, legal practitioners and administrators in practice and in training. The book covers key topics that have direct relevance to day to day acute patient care practice. Each topic includes a clinical vignette, followed by a review of the legal controversy, current medical scientific evidence, case law and preventative solutions to the dilemma. This approach allows practitioner exposure to a wide variety of medical-legal problems, allowing a pre-emptive, informed approach to problem solving.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. Disclaimer
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Abandonment in the Emergency Department
  11. 2 Abandonment of Patient by Treating Physician
  12. 3 Admission
  13. 4 Advance Directives
  14. 5 Advanced Practice Providers
  15. 6 Adverse Event Disclosure
  16. 7 Against Medical Advice
  17. 8 Americans with Disabilities Act and Education
  18. 9 Americans with Disabilities Act and Access to Facilities
  19. 10 Assault
  20. 11 Assisted Suicide
  21. 12 Battery
  22. 13 Bed Boarding
  23. 14 Brain Death
  24. 15 Care of Children
  25. 16 Code Response
  26. 17 Commitment
  27. 18 Communication
  28. 19 Competence and Capacity
  29. 20 Confidentiality
  30. 21 Consultation
  31. 22 Controlled Substances
  32. 23 Criminal Charges
  33. 24 Criminal Acts
  34. 25 Death Certification
  35. 26 Decision-Making
  36. 27 Difficult Patient Encounter
  37. 28 Discharge Instructions
  38. 29 Disruptive Provider Behavior
  39. 30 Do Not Resuscitate
  40. 31 Documentation
  41. 32 Domestic Violence
  42. 33 Driving Impairment
  43. 34 Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  44. 35 Duty to Warn
  45. 36 Electronic Health Records
  46. 37 Emergency Consent
  47. 38 Emergency Medical Services
  48. 39 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
  49. 40 Employment Issues
  50. 41 Expert Witness
  51. 42 Fitness for Duty
  52. 43 Frequent User
  53. 44 Futility
  54. 45 Geriatric Abuse
  55. 46 Good Samaritan
  56. 47 Guidelines and Protocols
  57. 48 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Health...
  58. 49 HIV
  59. 50 Hospital Medicine
  60. 51 Immigrant Care
  61. 52 Impaired Physician
  62. 53 Indigent Care
  63. 54 In-Flight Emergencies
  64. 55 Informal Consultation
  65. 56 Informed Consent
  66. 57 Insurance
  67. 58 Intoxication
  68. 59 Laboratory Testing
  69. 60 Left without Being Seen, Left without Treatment, and Elopement
  70. 61 Malpractice Claims
  71. 62 Mandatory Care
  72. 63 Mandatory Reporting
  73. 64 Medical Education
  74. 65 Medical Errors
  75. 66 Medical Records
  76. 67 Medical Screening Exam
  77. 68 Minor Consent
  78. 69 Missed Illness and Injury
  79. 70 Multiple Visits
  80. 71 Nursing
  81. 72 Operations
  82. 73 Organ Donation
  83. 74 Overcrowding
  84. 75 Pain Control/Medication
  85. 76 Patient Satisfaction
  86. 77 Pediatric Abuse
  87. 78 Peer Review
  88. 79 Policy/Procedure
  89. 80 Pregnancy
  90. 81 Prescription Writing
  91. 82 Privacy
  92. 83 Professional Boundary Issues
  93. 84 Protected Health Information
  94. 85 Psychiatric Care
  95. 86 Referral
  96. 87 Religion
  97. 88 Research
  98. 89 Restraint
  99. 90 Resuscitation
  100. 91 Service Contract
  101. 92 Sexual Assault
  102. 93 Social Media
  103. 94 Staff Privileges
  104. 95 Subpoena
  105. 96 Substance Abuse
  106. 97 Suicide
  107. 98 Telemedicine
  108. 99 Telephone Advice
  109. 100 Third-Party Duty
  110. 101 Transfer
  111. 102 Translation, Interpreting, and Language Issues
  112. 103 Triage
  113. 104 Unanticipated Death
  114. 105 Urgent Care
  115. 106 Violence
  116. Glossary
  117. Index