Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships

<p><b>Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships, Second Edition</b>, derived from the authors’ well-known casebook <i>Health Care Law and Ethics, Seventh Edition</i>, is the ideal casebook for any course that concentrates on medical malpractice and liability or the relationships between patients and providers. </p><p><b>This specialized casebook, like its parent book, integrates public policy and legal doctrine and features clear notes that provide context, smooth transitions between cases, and background information. Coverage includes:</b></p><ul><li><b>materials based on Part I of the parent book, “The Provider and the Patient,”</b> as well as coverage of <b>professional licensure and regulating access to drugs</b></li><li><b>materials on medical malpractice not found in the parent book:</b><ul><li><i>Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</i></li><li> Notes on forensic medicine and epidemiological evidence and a problem on practice guidelines </li><li><i>Duquette v. Superior Court</i> on the “ex parte contact” rule in discovery </li></ul></li><li><b>a comprehensive web site,</b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.health-law.org"> www.health-law.org</a>, that provides background materials, updates of important events, additional relevant topics and links to other resources on the Internet. </li></ul><p><b>New to the Second Edition: </b></p><ul><li> Liability implications of consumer-driven health care </li><li> The latest information about the medical malpractice crisis </li><li><i>Adams v. Via Christi Regional Medical Center</i> - on forming a treatment relationship </li></ul><p><b>Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships, Second Edition, </b>is precisely the book for any course or seminar that focuses on the many aspects of medical treatment relationships or the potential for medical liability. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>