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Medical Writings |4 April 2000

Health Law and Policy: A Survival Guide to Medicolegal Issues for Practitioners

Marshall B. Kapp, JD, MPH

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  • Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio. (Kapp)

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Structured abstracts of information on newly published books, computer programs, selected Web sites, and other material are provided in this portion of Medical Writings. Not all items submitted by publishers are abstracted, but a listing of almost all material received can be found in the advertising pages of each issue. “Order phone” numbers can be used to place orders directly with publishers.
Liang BA. 309 pages. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2000. $39.95. ISBN 0750671076. Order phone 800-366-2665.
Field of medicine: Legal medicine.
Format: Softcover book.
Audience: Physicians from all specialties, other health care professionals, and administrators.
Purpose: To provide health care professionals with basic information on contemporary legal issues so that they can better navigate the health care system and recognize and avoid potential adverse legal entanglements.
Content: The first of four sections describes the legal system, malpractice, informed consent, medical records, and the provider-patient relationship. The second part outlines private and public programs and methods of paying for medical services, noting the legal implications of modern health care financing. The third part discusses contracting and employment, licensure and practice limitations, fraud and abuse, antitrust, and alternative dispute resolution. The final section deals with legal issues encountered in caring for critically ill and dying patients.
Highlights: Precise organization of well-chosen material, coupled with successful translation of prodigious legal research into detailed but engaging prose, makes this book an excellent summary of important issues for physicians to study as background information, to use as a reference tool, and to use in teaching physicians-in-training....
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Kapp MB. Health Law and Policy: A Survival Guide to Medicolegal Issues for Practitioners. Ann Intern Med. 2000;132:604. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-7-200004040-00035

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(7):604.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-7-200004040-00035

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