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Book Title: Law & Ethics for Medical Careers (Paperback) by Karen Judson, Carlene Harrison, Sharon Blesie Hicks Editorial Review: Book Description Law and Ethics for Medical Careers, 4th edition, provides an overview of the laws and ethics you should know to help you give competent, compassionate care to patients that is within acceptable legal and […]

Book Title: The Health Care Provider’s Guide to Facing the Malpractice Deposition (Paperback) by Constance G. Uribe, M.D. Editorial Reviews: Book Description Healthcare providers are terrified when called to give a deposition. Often, they are offered little aid or don’t understand the rationale behind instructions. This book is the life vest to keep medical workers […]

Book Title: How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim (Paperback) by Joseph Matthews Editorial Reviews: Book Description The book that helps you overcome the insurance companies’ Goliath. Dealing with insurance companies and lawyers when filing a personal injury claim can feel like another accident is in the offing. But you can handle a claim yourself – […]

Book Title: Medical Records and the Law (Hardcover) by William H. Roach (Editor), Robert G. Hoban, Bernadette M. Broccolo Editorial Reviews: Product Description Published in conjunction with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Fourth Edition of Medical Records and the Law is once again the ideal text for programs in HIM as well […]

Generally speaking, a “tort” is an injury one person or entity inflicts (accidentally or intentionally) upon another. When one person commits a tort upon another, the injured person is entitled to remedies under the law. Generally, these remedies can include monetary compensation and restraining orders. The person who brings the lawsuit is called the “plaintiff,” […]

Food and restaurant companies, fearing they would be hammered with enormous judgments, as the tobacco industry was, have waged an aggressive campaign to make it impossible for anyone to successfully sue them for causing obesity or obesity-related health problems. They have had success. At least twenty states have enacted versions of a “common-sense consumption” law. […]