Medicine for Lawyers [Paperback]

This book provides insight into some of the problems and pitfalls encountered in current medical practice. It helps lawyers to commission an expert witness to write a medical report and to interpret it, using their greater knowledge and a better understanding of the practice of medicine.Preface -- 1. Basic medicine: physiology -- 2. Risk management in general practice -- 3. Emergency medicine -- 4. Intensive care medicine -- 5. General anaesthesia -- 6. Cardiac surgery -- 7. Abdominal surgery -- 8. Oncology -- 9. Gynaecology -- 10. Midwifery and obstetrics -- 11. Paediatrics -- 12. Paediatric surgery -- 13. Orthopaedics -- 14. Neurology -- 15. Psychiatry -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index.This book provides insight into some of the problems and pitfalls encountered in current medical practice. It helps lawyers to commission an expert witness to write a medical report and to interpret it, using their greater knowledge and a better understanding of the practice of medicine.HM Coroner, Greater London (Southern District);Governor, Expert Witness Institute; formerly Secretary &Medical Director, The Medical Protection Society 1989-1998. Forensic Physician; Police Surgeon, West Yorkshire.Ideally, this book could be a welcome addition to both law and medical schools. The contributors and editors are highly credible.... Truly a terrific primer for the practicing or newly minted lawyer. Well written, easy to follow, and a solid addition to the field. 4 Stars
Doody's Review Service, USA

... the editors have drawn on the experience of specialty authors who have extensive experience of appearing as expert witnesses, and who have a track record of providing sound advice regarding standards of care within their field... The general medical reader can gain a considerable amount of detail about clinical risks from this text, and I would recommend it to junior doctors in their Foundation training, in order to prepare them for effective clin