MEDICO-LEGAL GUIDE FOR DOCTORS AND LAWYERS
FROM EXAMINING ROOM TO COURTROOM IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL KNOWLEDGE TO MEDICAL OFFICE PERSONNEL DUTY OF THE PHYSICIAN STANDARD OF CARE PARAMETERS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE FUNCTIONING WITHIN THE LEGAL SYSTEM THE HIERARCHY OF LAW ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COMMON LAW MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PREPARING A CASE FOR COURT THE ART OF EXAMINATION CONTENTS CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: INTENT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE DIVISION BETWEEN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW CRIMINAL CAUSES OF ACTION INVOLVING HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL: CRIMES AGAINST A PERSON CIVIL CAUSES OF ACTION—INTENTIONAL TORTS YOUR WORDS MAY FORM A CONTRACT FORMATION OF A CONTRACT CLASSIFICATION OF CONTRACTS BREACH OF CONTRACT AGENCY PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS ANATOMY OF A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE NEGLIGENCE OR MALPRACTICE? ELEMENTS OF A CIVIL MALPRACTICE SUIT INFORMED CONSENT IMPACT OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SUITS ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM RISK MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE DEFENSES TO A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CAUSE OF ACTION MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PRODUCT LIABILITY HEALTH CARE IS BIG BUSINESS BUSINESS STRUCTURES OF MEDICAL PRACTICE MANAGED CARE TELEMEDICINE GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER EMPLOYMENT LAW FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT FEDERAL AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT EQUAL PAY ACT FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SOCIAL SECURITY EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT MEDICAL WASTE UNIONS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS COLLECTIONS THE MEDICAL RECORD: THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT’S RESPONSIBILITY OWNERSHIP OF THE MEDICAL RECORD TYPES OF MEDICAL RECORDS PRIVACY AND PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION ACCESS TO THE MEDICAL RECORD CREDIBILITY OF THE MEDICAL RECORD INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS ETHICS MORALS ETIQUETTE ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF HEALTH CARE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING ETHICS PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION: A NEXUS OF LAW AND ETHICS DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL MATTERS THE MEDICAL OFFICE LIMITS OF CONFIDENTIALITY CONFIDENTIALITY AS AN ETHICAL DILEMMA THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE DEVELOPING AN ETHICAL DECISION- MAKING PROCESS BIRTH AND THE BEGINNING OF LIFE GENETICS RIGHTS OF COUPLES TO HAVE A CHILD RIGHTS OF THE FETUS RIGHTS OF A NEWBORN RIGHTS OF A CHILD AUTONOMY VERSUS PATERNALISM FOR THE CHILD ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND THE LIVING CREEDS TIME EXPERIMENTS DRUG TESTING ON THE JOB AUTONOMY VERSUS PATERNALISM ETHICS: DEATH AND DYING DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS REMOVAL OF LIFE SUPPORT FORMATS FOR ADVANCED DIRECTIVES AIDS THE GERIATRIC PATIENT SUICIDE ? THE DOCTOR’S SECRETARY KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENTED HERSELF AS A NURSE AND PRACTICED MEDICINE BY DIAGNOSING AND TREATING A PATIENT ALTHOUGH THE SECRETARY DIED BEFORE TRIAL, THE JURY DIRECTED A VERDICT AGAINST HER ESTATE STAHLIN V HILTON HOTELS CORP , 484 F 2D 580 (1973) OBJECTIVES YOU HAVE JUST READ PART OF A DECISION FROM A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT IN WHICH A SECRETARY, THE DEFENDANT, WAS FOUND GUILTY AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1 APPRECIATE THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE LAW APPLICABLE TO A MEDICAL OFFICE 2 RECOGNIZE THAT EMPLOYMENT IN A MEDICAL OFFICE CARRIES WITH IT LEGAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE PATIENT, EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE, AND STATE 3 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE STANDARD OF CARE REQUIRED OF PROFESSIONAL AND NONPROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL BY THE COURTS 4 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRACTICING AS A MULTISKILLED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICING MEDICINE AGENT CERTIFI CATION DUE CARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR LAYPERSON LIABILITY INSURANCE LICENSE LITIGIOUS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MENTAL INCAPACITY MID-LEVEL PROVIDER NEGLIGENCE PROCEDURES MANUAL REASONABLE PERSON REGISTRATION RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR RISK MANAGEMENT SCOPE OF PRACTICE STANDARD OF CARE STATUTES STATUTORY GUIDELINES VICARIOUSLY LIABLE BUILDING YOUR LEGAL VOCABULARY