Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships, Second Edition

Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships, Second Edition, derived from the authors’ well-known casebook Health Care Law and Ethics, Seventh Edition, is the ideal casebook for any course that concentrates on medical malpractice and liability or the relationships between patients and providers.

This specialized casebook, like its parent book, integrates public policy and legal doctrine and features clear notes that provide context, smooth transitions between cases, and background information. Coverage includes:

• materials based on Part I of the parent book, “The Provider and the Patient,” as well as coverage of professional licensure and regulating access to drugs
• materials on medical malpractice not found in the parent book:
  • Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Notes on forensic medicine and epidemiological evidence and a problem on practice guidelines
  • Duquette v. Superior Court on the “ex parte contact” rule in discovery
• a comprehensive web site, www.health-law.org, that provides background materials, updates of important events, additional relevant topics and links to other resources on the Internet.

New to the Second Edition:

• Liability implications of consumer-driven health care
• The latest information about the medical malpractice crisis
• Adams v. Via Christi Regional Medical Center - on forming a treatment relationship

Medical Liability and Treatment Relationships, Second Edition, is precisely the book for any course or seminar that focuses on the many aspects of medical treatment relationships or the potential for medical liability.