ISBN:
9780443121289
Copyright:
2025
Page Count:
740
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$239.99
Legal Medicine, 8th Edition
by American College of Legal Medicine and American Board of Legal Medicine
Paperback
ISBN:
9780443121289
Copyright:
2025
Page Count:
740
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$239.99
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- 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).
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
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1) Key Points at chapter openers2) Pearls boxes throughout3) Additional diagrams and tables4) Updated references and suggested readings5) New chapters include: ·Legal Medicine History·Healthcare Technology: Medical, Ethical and Legal Aspects·Patients with Infectious Diseases (HIV Infection and Covid-19)·General Pain Management: Medical and Legal Aspects·General Pain Management: Medical and Legal Aspects·Cannabis (Marijuana): Medical and Legal Aspects·Drug (Treatment) Courts·Public Health Law and Policy
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Expected availability date: 07-30-2024
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