The Medical-Legal Aspects of Acute Care Medicine. A Resource for Clinicians, Administrators and Risk Managers

This book is a comprehensive resource designed to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the complex ethical, regulatory and legal issues that are relevant to clinicians in emergency medicine. This text reviews traditional and emerging areas of ethical and legal controversy in healthcare. In addition, this volume includes chapters on critically important topics such as team leadership, the team model of clinical care, drug and device regulation, professional negligence, clinical education, corporate law, telemedicine and e-health, medical errors as well as safety culture, regulatory compliance, clinical laboratory regulation, insurance law and a practical overview of claims management and billing. Compiled by experts in the field, it is a resource for clinicians, administrators and managers and is a valuable resource for all clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals.