Medical Malpractice : a Physician's Sourcebook

PART I. INSURANCE 1 Insuring the Practice of Medicine .............................................3 Mark Gorney and Richard E. Anderson PART II. LEGAL 2 What Every Doctor Should Know About Litigation: A Primer on How to Win Medical Malpractice Lawsuits .........................................................................11 Fred J. Hiestand 3 Risk Reduction From a Plaintiff Attorney’s Perspective .....................................................................35 David Wm. Horan 4 The Physician As a Witness....................................................41 Joel A. Mattison 5 The Judicial Process: Discovery and Deposition ...................53 Jonathan I. Epstein PART III. THE CLINICAL FACE OF LITIGATION 6 Communication and Patient Safety ........................................65 Mark Gorney 7 E-Medicine in the Physician’s Office .....................................75 Edward Fotsch 8 Risk Management for the Family Physician ..........................89 Malcolm H. Weiss 9 Emergency Medicine ............................................................101 Michael Jay Bresler xviii Contents 10 Anesthesiology ......................................................................115 Ann S. Lofsky 11 Malpractice and Medical Practice: Obstetrics and Gynecology ...........................................................139 Jack M. Schneider 12 Breast Cancer Litigation .......................................................153 Richard E. Anderson and David B. Troxel 13 Pap Smear Litigation .............................................................167 David B. Troxel 14 Medical Liability in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.........................................................................181 Mark Gorney PART IV. LEGAL REFORM AND HEALTH CARE 15 The Case for Legal Reform ..................................................201 Richard E. Anderson 16 Health Policy Review: Medical Malpractice .......................227 David M. Studdert, Michelle M. Mello, and Troyen A. Brennan 17 New Directions in Medical Liability Reform ......................247 William M. Sage