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Winning Your Malpractice Case: Practical Advice for Physician Experts And Defendants

Name: Winning Your Malpractice Case: Practical Advice for Physician Experts And Defendants
Author: James Cicero
ISBN: 9781578397235

by James Cicero

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Whether you're a physician yourself or a risk manager searching for resources to help prepare your doctors for the legal setting, Winning Your Malpractice Case: Practical Advice for Physician Experts and Defendants is just the resource you need. Written by a physician, for physicians, Winning Your Malpractice Case is the result of many years of experience in the trenches and on the witness stand. Author James J. Cicero, MD, FACEP, a retired emergency medicine doctor with extensive experience as a medical expert, shares his legal expertise in a first-person, conversational style.

About the Author, James Cicero

James J. Cicero, MD, FACEP, retired in 1995 as chief of the emergency medicine department at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN, which was the trauma center for eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. He has worked as an expert witness on 97 malpractice cases and screened cases for a busy plaintiff law firm that handles many malpractice lawsuits.

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Reviewer: Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM(Abbott Laboratories)
Description: This is a down-to-earth, practical reference for both physicians who have been sued and physicians who need the knowledge in the event of a lawsuit. This is a timely and essential book for all physicians in active practice.
Purpose: The purpose is to help and encourage physicians who have been sued and to challenge others who give periodic expert testimony. Additionally, this book serves as a primer to the not so friendly interactions between medicine and the law. The author exceeds his objectives.
Audience: The audience is everyone in the field of healthcare, but especially physicians who need the knowledge to forge ahead in this litigious society. The author was chief of the emergency medical department at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, until 1995, has been an expert witness on 97 malpractice cases, and brings his real-world knowledge to this book.
Features: This book serves as your own personal consultant next to you. The author not only takes the reader through the motions of a lawsuit, but explores the emotional turmoil a malpractice case causes a physician. He discusses the importance of having a complete CV for oneself, a CV for most professional situations, and a CV for legal situations. The distinctions are quite enlightening. His exploration into what an expert witness is, does, and under what conditions one should offer or deny services is of paramount importance. Additionally, literature, depositions, affidavits, and medical records are discussed in detail.
Assessment: The author is one of the best writers on providing solid and relevant knowledge for medical malpractice. His writing style is friendly, nonconfrontational, and very similar to having a trusted friend or colleague guiding you along the way. What an absolutely invaluable resource for the medical professional!