Main description:

Packed with clinical vignettes and relevant legal principles-this authoritative handbook provides the information and insight you need to avoid common medico-legal pitfalls

One misstep can destroy an otherwise stellar medical career, and the world of cancer care is no exception. Building expertise only on clinical guidelines isn't enough to ensure a solid, long-term practice.

Whether you're a physician, surgeon, nurse, researcher, medical physicist, or technician, Understanding Medico-Legal Problems in Oncology delivers everything you need to avoid lawsuits while at the same time contributing to the reduction of healthcare costs and improving patient access. It helps you avoid the most common legal hazards, including the unnecessary use of defensive medicine to combat unrecognized pitfalls, and mitigates your anxiety of the need to perform unnecessary workups and documentations.

Features

Explores the legal ramifications of prescribing vs. not prescribing opioids in the current stricter regulation landscape
Covers the ethical and legal implications of using artificial intelligence to manage cancer treatment
Explains the legal ramifications of not ordering screening tests when patients request them
Describes the implication of a peer review, which is not always in good faith
Outlines how to use midlevel providers safely

Contents:

PART I

Legal Process in Cancer Care Malpractice

PART I

Introduction to Legal Oncology

Gives clinicians a brief rationale of why this book was written and how it can be useful to them.

Chapter 1

Medical Negligence

Gives clinicians an overview of medical malpractice

Chapter 2

Informed Consent

Gives clinicians an overview of informed consent process; clinician vs. institutional liability

Chapter 3

Trial

Gives clinicians an overview of the lawsuit process

Chapter 4

Deposition

Gives clinicians an overview of the deposition process from plaintiff and defendant side, and pointers.

Chapter 5

Expert Witness Test
imony

Gives clinicians an overview on what is expected of them as an expert witness and pointers on how to be a good expert witness

Chapter 6

PART II

Clinical Oncological Practice

PART II

Radiation Oncology

Provides clinicians with the knowledge of common lawsuits and cause of actions against radiation oncologists by way of clinical vignettes (SOAP note format) and legal issues (IRAC format)

Chapter 7

Surgical Oncology

Provides clinicians with the knowledge of common lawsuits and cause of actions against oncologic surgeons by way of clinical vignettes (SOAP note format) and legal issues (IRAC format)

Chapter 8

Medical Oncology

Provides clinicians with the knowledge of common lawsuits and cause of actions against oncologists by way of clinical vignettes (SOAP note format) and legal issues (IRAC format)

Chapter 9

Pathology

Provides clinicians with the knowledge of common lawsuits and cause of actions against pathologists by way of clinical vignettes (SOAP note format) and legal issues (IRAC format)

Chapter 10

Radiology

Provides clinicians with the knowledge of common lawsuits and cause of actions against radiologists by way of clinical vignettes (SOAP note format) and legal issues (IRAC format)

Chapter 11

Emergency Medicine

Provides clinicians with the knowledge of common lawsuits and cause of actions against ER physicians by way of clinical vignettes (SOAP note format) and legal issues (IRAC format)

Chapter 12

Family Practice & Primary Care Physicians

Provides clinicians with the knowledge of common lawsuits and cause of actions against primary care physicians by way of clinical vignettes (SOAP note format) and legal issues (IRAC format)

Chapter 13

Psycho-oncology

Provides clinicians with the knowledge of common lawsuits and cause of actions against mental health physicians by way of clinical vignettes (SOAP note format) and legal issues (IRAC format)

Chapter 14

PART III

Clinical Operations in Cancer Care

PART III

Use of Midlevel Professionals

Gives the clinician the overview of liability in using midlevel professionals in the cancer clinic

Chapter 15

Pain Management and Opioid Use