In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Michael B. Weinstock and Gita Pensa bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Risk Management in Emergency Medicine. Top experts discuss documentation; legal risk to the resident in training; balancing the legal risk to the clinician and the medical health of the patient; pediatric high-risk conditions; medical malpractice stress syndrome; and more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Medical Malpractice Stress Syndrome - p. 1 10. Balancing the Legal Risk to the Clinician with the Medical Interests of the Patient - p. 9 11. Medical Malpractice Epidemiology: Adults and Pediatrics - p. 19 12. Medicolegally Protective Documentation in Emergency Medicine - p. 29 13. Pediatric High-Risk Conditions - p. 41 14. Chest Pain-Specific Legal Risk - p. 57 15. Misdiagnosis of Acute Headache: Mitigating Medico-legal Risks - p. 67 16. Neurologic Specific Risk: Strokes, Lytics, and Litigation - p. 81 17. Abdominal Pain-Specific Legal Risk - p. 93 18. Legal Risk to the Emergency Medicine Resident in Training and Attending Supervisors - p. 115 19. Navigating Supervision of Advanced Practice Providers - p. 131 20. Understanding Against Medical Advice, Informed Consent, and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act - p. 139 21. Clinical Practice Guidelines and Medical Malpractice Risk - p. 155 22. Reflections from a Medical Malpractice Defense Attorney: Insights on Avoiding Claims and Lawsuits - p. 163
In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Michael B. Weinstock and Gita Pensa bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Risk Management in Emergency Medicine. Top experts discuss documentation; legal risk to the resident in training; balancing the legal risk to the clinician and the medical health of the patient; pediatric high-risk conditions; medical malpractice stress syndrome; and more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Medical Malpractice Stress Syndrome - p. 1 10. Balancing the Legal Risk to the Clinician with the Medical Interests of the Patient - p. 9 11. Medical Malpractice Epidemiology: Adults and Pediatrics - p. 19 12. Medicolegally Protective Documentation in Emergency Medicine - p. 29 13. Pediatric High-Risk Conditions - p. 41 14. Chest Pain-Specific Legal Risk - p. 57 15. Misdiagnosis of Acute Headache: Mitigating Medico-legal Risks - p. 67 16. Neurologic Specific Risk: Strokes, Lytics, and Litigation - p. 81 17. Abdominal Pain-Specific Legal Risk - p. 93 18. Legal Risk to the Emergency Medicine Resident in Training and Attending Supervisors - p. 115 19. Navigating Supervision of Advanced Practice Providers - p. 131 20. Understanding Against Medical Advice, Informed Consent, and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act - p. 139 21. Clinical Practice Guidelines and Medical Malpractice Risk - p. 155 22. Reflections from a Medical Malpractice Defense Attorney: Insights on Avoiding Claims and Lawsuits - p. 163
