The Mental Health Practitioner and the Law: A Comprehensive Handbook

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Lawrence E. Lifson, Robert I. Simon
Harvard University Press, 1998 - Počet stran: 398

"Could I be sued?" The exploding number of malpractice lawsuits in recent years has brought this question to the mind of every clinician---the conscientious as well as the negligent.

A unique and practical guide to clinical risk management, this book combines the expertise of mental health professionals, judges, attorneys, and insurance industry experts, to help the clinician provide effective treatment while reducing the risk of legal liability. Wide-ranging, clinically based, and up to date, it will be a welcome guide for medical and surgical practitioners as well.

The first section gives clinicians a working knowledge of legal regulation in psychiatry and medicine, covering informed consent, documentation of patient care, and potential conflicts of interest. The second section identifies high-risk areas for lawsuits, including managing suicidal and violent patients, boundary violations, supervision issues, prescription of medications, liability in managed care settings, and treatment termination. The book concludes with a primer on clinical testimony in the courtroom.

The broad range of distinguished contributors to this volume will provide a survival guide to clinicians in the increasingly complex and rapidly changing world of health care.

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Introduction
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The Harvard Medical Practice Study
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Informed Consent
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Lawrence E. Lifson,Robert I. Simon
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Lawrence E. Lifson, M.D., is a Lecturer on Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Continuing Education Program in the HMS Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He is the editor of Understanding Therapeutic Action. Robert I. Simon is Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Law and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and is the author of Clinical Psychiatry and the Law and editor of the Review of Clinical Psychiatry and the Law.

Bibliografické údaje

NázevThe Mental Health Practitioner and the Law: A Comprehensive Handbook
RedaktořiLawrence E. Lifson, Robert I. Simon
Vydáníilustrované vydání
VydavatelHarvard University Press, 1998
Zdroj originálu:Michiganská univerzita
Digitalizováno27. srpen 2007
ISBN0674697219, 9780674697218
DélkaPočet stran: 398
  
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