Medicolegal Issues
Medicolegal Issues
An idea takes root: Hold those expert witnesses accountable
Three cases show how regulation of physician–expert witnesses can be effective—or bite back
Medicolegal Issues
There is no gold standard for decision-to-incision time
Don’t accommodate plaintiff’s attorneys who have reinvented an intended guideline as a requirement!
Medicolegal Issues
Traumatic childbirth: Address the great emotional pain, too
How do you treat incomplete grief and traumatic stress disorder amid the pressures of practice?
Medicolegal Issues
Prepare a defense of CP and other malpractice claims—before the lawyers get there
Your day in court can start as soon as the patient begins prenatal care. Here’s 1 way to prepare for it.
Medicolegal Issues
Malpractice risk management: Be thorough—and involved—in obtaining informed consent
The seminal event is a focused discussion between you and your patient. There’s no substitute for “you.”
Medicolegal Issues
Malpractice risk management: Make patient safety a tool to keep risk in check
A well-thought-out, well-executed approach to patient encounters can be your best defense against a claim
Medicolegal Issues
Avoid these common errors in self-defense!
Thorough documentation is an essential tool of risk management. The onus—always—is on you.
Medicolegal Issues
Protect yourself! Make a plan to obtain “informed refusal”
Always continue the conversation when a patient declines the treatment you’ve recommended
Medicolegal Issues
Lessons learned from failing to follow up
Good intentions don’t compensate for faulty systems of tracking patients’ needs