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Emergency Medicine Malpractice

Name: Emergency Medicine Malpractice
Author: Mikel A. Rothenberg
ISBN: 9780471000839

by Mikel A. Rothenberg

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EMERGENCY MEDICINE MALPRACTICE, Second Edition gives you insight in 'plain English' on a broad variety of emergency medical procedures and recommended treatments for virtually all major injuries and situations (and many less common ones) seen in emergency department practices today. EMERGENCY MEDICINE MALPRACTICE helps to provide an understanding of the appropriate diagnosis and treatment in an emergency room. In addition to medical analysis and accepted ER procedures, this book also examines the legal aspects of those same procedures in each chapter, providing practice tips from five leading trial attorneys in the field. Sample plaintiff and defense documents are also included.

Provides detailed medical information on virtually all major ailments in emergency medical practice.

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Rothenberg is an internist with a special interest in critical care and emergency medicine who has written and taught extensively. Here he provides practicing lawyers a primary reference with detailed medical information on virtually all major ailments and many less common ones seen in emergency department practice. His topics include legal liability; intrahospital transfers; acute myocardial infarction and chest pain; chest, cardiac, and vascular injuries; respiratory and thoracic, gastrointestinal, pediatric, obstetrical and gynecological, musculoskeletal, and genitourinary emergencies; head and spinal injuries and illnesses; and the emergency management of wounds and burns. He includes line drawings when helpful, practice tips from trial attorney in each chapter, and a glossary that does not indicate pronunciation. No date is mentioned for the earlier editions, the first of which seems to be by Scott Lewis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)