Legal Medicine - E-BOOK

by American College of Legal Medicine, American Board of Legal Medicine

2024 · Elsevier Health Sciences

**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Medicolegal Issues**Authored by the two primary organizations in the field, Legal Medicine: Health Care Law and Medical Ethics, 8th Edition, remains the premier treatise in this increasingly important area of medical practice. In the midst of a progressively litigious culture, this essential reference provides up-to-date information on topics surrounding professional medical liability, the business aspects of medical practice, and medicolegal and ethical issues, offering comprehensive discussions on a myriad of topics that health care professionals face every day. - Addresses the legal aspects of almost every medical topic that impacts health care professionals, using actual case studies to illustrate nuances in the law - Offers the expert guidance of top professionals across medical and legal fields in an easy-to-read format - Includes new chapters on Legal Medicine History; Healthcare Technology; Patients with Infectious Diseases (HIV Infection and COVID-19); General Pain Management; Opioids and Illicit Drugs: Misuse, Abuse and Addiction; Cannabis (Marijuana); Drug (Treatment) Courts; and Public Health Law and Policy - Provides authoritative information on current issues such as the high costs of medical liability insurance for practitioners and organizations; changes in health care and the law, including HIPAA and patient privacy; the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the opioid epidemic, and more - Features Key Points boxes to open every chapter, Pearls boxes to call out important details, additional diagrams and tables throughout, a glossary of medical terms, and updated references and suggested readings - Serves as the syllabus for the Board Review Course of the American Board of Legal Medicine (ABLM) - Enhanced eBook includes complimentary access to the 3rd edition of the ABLM Board Review Exam & Study Guide, containing 2000 review questions and answers