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Tables of Contents for Health Care Malpractice
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
2
About the Author
xiii
Chapter 1: The Legal Nature of Health Care Malpractice
1
14
Health Care Malpractice Defined
4
3
Differentiating Legal and Ethical Duties and Civil and Criminal Legal Actions
7
3
Legal and Ethical Duties Defined and Distinguished
7
2
Civil versus Criminal Legal Actions
9
1
Forums for Adjudicating Allegations of Health Care Malpractice
10
1
Summary
11
1
Review Questions
11
1
Discussion of Review Questions
12
1
Bibliography
12
3
Chapter 2: Liability for Health Care Delivery-Related Negligence
15
20
The Concept of Negligence
16
3
Ordinary versus Professional Negligence
19
2
Elements of Proof for Professional Negligence
21
8
Duty
22
4
Breach of Duty
26
2
Causation
28
1
Damages
28
1
Res Ipsa Loquitur
29
1
Negligence Per Se
29
1
Vicarious Liability
30
1
Corporate Liability
31
1
Managed Care Liability Issues
31
2
Summary
33
1
Review Questions
33
1
Discussion of Review Questions
34
1
Bibliography
34
1
Chapter 3: Informed Consent Issues
35
16
The History and Mixed Legal-Professional Ethical Nature of Informed Consent to Health Care Intervention
36
2
Relation of Informed Consent to Health Care Malpractice
38
1
Information Disclosure for Legally Sufficient Patient Informed Consent to Treatment
39
3
Legal Exceptions to the Law of Patient Informed Consent to Treatment
42
1
Managed Care Informed Consent Issues
43
1
Informed Refusal
44
2
Summary
46
1
Review Questions
47
1
Discussion of Review Questions
47
1
Bibliography
47
4
Chapter 4: Health Care-Related Intentional Torts
51
20
Abandonment
54
2
Assault and Battery
56
3
Defamation
59
3
False Imprisonment
62
1
Fraud
63
1
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
63
1
Invasion of Privacy
64
4
Unreasonable Intrusion on Plaintiff Solitude
65
1
False-Light Invasion of Privacy
66
1
Misappropriation
67
1
Public Disclosure of Private Facts
67
1
Summary
68
1
Review Questions
68
1
Discussion of Review Questions
69
1
Bibliography
69
2
Chapter 5: Contractual and Strict Liability
71
14
Breach of a Therapeutic Promise/Contract
73
7
The Contractual Nature of the Health Professional-Patient Relationship
73
2
A Primer on Contract Law and Terminology
75
3
Why Would a Health Care Malpractice Patient-Plaintiff Choose to Sue under Contract Rather Than Tort?
78
1
Liability for Breach of Warranty
78
2
Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Treatment-Related Activities
80
1
Strict Product Liability
81
1
Summary
82
1
Review Questions
83
1
Discussion of Review Questions
83
1
Bibliography
84
1
Chapter 6: Defenses to Health Care Malpractice Legal Actions
85
12
Assumption of Risk
86
2
Comparative Fault
88
1
Health Care Professional Status (or Lack Thereof)
89
1
(Personal) Immunity from Liability
90
1
Release from Liability
91
1
Statutes of Limitaitons
92
1
Summary
93
1
Review Questions
94
1
Discussion of Review Questions
94
1
Bibliography
95
2
Chapter 7: Health Care Malpractice Liability: Trends and Perspectives
97
8
Documentation Issues
98
1
Quality and (Liability) Risk Management
99
2
Professional Liability Insurance Issues
101
1
Relations between Health Care Professionals and Consulting Legal Counsel
101
2
Tort Reform Initiatives
103
1
Summary
104
1
Review Questions
104
1
Discussion of Review Questions
104
1
Bibliography
104
1
Chapter 8: Anatomy of a Health Care Malpractice Claim/Lawsuit
105
13
Claim Stage
107
2
The Legal Process
109
5
Pretrial Procedures
109
3
Trial and Appellate Procedures
112
2
Alternative Dispute Resolution
114
1
Concurrent Legal, Administrative, and Other Adverse Actions
115
2
Summary
117
1
Review Questions
117
1
Discussion of Review Questions
117
1
Bibliography
118
1
Epilogue
119
2
Glossary
121
8
Index
129