Legal Issues in Sports Medicine
eBook - ePub

Legal Issues in Sports Medicine

  1. 168 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Legal Issues in Sports Medicine

About this book

Healthcare providers in any setting face potential liability risks and legal challenges every day. All healthcare providers face issues such as developing strategies to mitigate those risks and creating proactive policies to reduce liability and provide better care for patients. This text presents an overview of legal issues, principles, and case law specific to athletic training and sports medicine.

Legal Issues in Sports Medicine provides an overview of legal issues and concepts for those entering or practicing in a sports medicine setting. The text addresses topics including risk management, assumption of risk, discrimination, and what to expect in the event of a lawsuit. Legal Issues in Sports Medicine is written for healthcare providers and students.

The authors have extensive experience in the clinical practice of athletic training, administration, and teaching on both national and international stages. This author's text comes from the perspective of years spent in the clinic and classroom and significant time in courtrooms. This book is a starting point for students of legal issues in athletic healthcare and provides a solid foundation for practice.

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Yes, you can access Legal Issues in Sports Medicine by Greg Gardner,Jeff G. Konin,Nicole Wilkins,Nicole A. Wilkins in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040350690
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. About the Authors
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 Framework for Legal Concepts in Athletic Training
  11. 3 Relating Ethical Issues to Legal Issues
  12. 4 Informed Consent
  13. 5 Standard of Care
  14. 6 Documentation in Athletic Training
  15. 7 Setting-Specific Legal Cases
  16. 8 Clinical Topic-Specific Cases
  17. 9 Discrimination
  18. 10 Risk Management
  19. 11 I Am Being Sued. Now What?
  20. Index