Adverse Events, Stress, and Litigation: A Physician's Guide

by Sara C. Charles, Paul R. Frisch, Paul R. J.D. Frisch

Book Overview

What is it like to be sued for medical malpractice? Bad medical outcomes traumatize patients but they also traumatize physicians. The litigation that often follows is a profoundly human, rather than just a legal experience. Although every physician's case is different, this book shows how each case goes through the same judicial stages of complaint, discovery, depositions, motions, and delays that lead to trial, settlement, or being dropped. It also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195171489
• ISBN13: 9780195171488
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"