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Legal Considerations.
| Title: | Legal Considerations. |
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| Authors: | Meehan, Michael J. |
| Source: | ASCRS Textbook of Colon & Rectal Surgery; 2007, p786-794, 9p |
| Abstract: | The dawn of the twenty-first century brought with it many of the same legal challenges for physicians, including colon and rectal disease practitioners, as did the latter half of the twentieth century. The ever-increasing frequency and often crushing severity of malpractice claims and lawsuits, databank reporting, Web-based consumer claims data, new privacy requirements, increasing clinical demands, greater government regulation and enforcement activity, and spiraling malpractice premiums have caused many physicians to leave practice, retire early, or relocate to more defendant-friendly lawsuit jurisdictions. This chapter addresses issues related to these concerns–from communication to documentation, from practice to research–as they relate to colon and rectal surgeons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/978-0-387-36374-5_56 |
| Database: | Complementary Index |
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