The Health Care Provider's Guide to Facing the Malpractice Deposition

by Constance G. Uribe and Constance G. Uribe M.D.

Book Overview

An anesthesiologist chips a patient's tooth during a difficult intubation. A surgeon leaves tiny abrasions on a patient's abdomen during a delicate surgical procedure. And an operating room nurse accidentally nips a patient's finger with a pair of scissors.

Not all of these examples of medical mistakes will result in malpractice suits. But for the ones that do, health care providers must invariably come to grips with facing the most important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849320593
• ISBN13: 9780849320590
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"