Practicing Medicine in Difficult Times: Protecting Physicians From Malpractice Litigation
280 pp, $52.95
Sudbury, MA, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-4856-2
- Alan G. Williams, JD, ReviewerFlorida Coastal School of LawJacksonville awilliams@fcsl.edu
Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text.
- KEYWORDS:
- INSURANCE
- INSURANCE, LIABILITY
- JURISPRUDENCE
- MALPRACTICE
- PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS
- RISK MANAGEMENT
Practicing Medicine in Difficult Times provides a competent if generic overview of the myriad techniques available to physicians to assist in reducing the chances of incurring a medical malpractice claim. Because most of the chapters are coauthored by an attorney or physician, a degree of legal and medical proficiency infuses portions of the narrative with a practical, authentic methodology. Overall, the book lacks a cohesive theme, instead opting for a shotgun approach that leaves the reader without an understanding of the real reasons patients file medical malpractice claims.
The book is authored by 3 risk managers at the insurance management company Administrators for the Professions Inc; in addition, of its 12 contributing authors, 8 are associated with that company or its affiliates. Some readers may consider a single group of employees at one insurance company writing a book about protecting physicians from malpractice claims myopic, but in the 3 chapters …
