Ethics and Law for Neurosciences Clinicians

JAMES E. SZALADOS, MD, MBA, MHA, Esq. has over thirty years of training and clinical experience in medicine and over a decade of experience as an attorney. The author of dozens of articles and chapters on diverse aspects of healthcare law, Dr. Szalados is also a professional speaker and educator, and regularly participates in the education of attorneys and physicians on medical-legal matters.  

Disclaimer

Dedication

Preface

I. Morality, Ethics, and the Law: An Overview of the Foundations of Contemporary Clinical Ethical Analysis

II. Case Studies: Ethical and Legal Challenges in the Care of the Neurologically Injured Critically Ill Patient

III. Civil Law and Liability: The Law of Medical Malpractice

IV. Legal Reasoning, Legal Process, Legal Proof and Why it is Confusing to Clinician Scientists

V. Regulatory Law and the Clinical Practice of the Neurosciences

VI. Digital Medicine and the Data Revolution Managing Digital Distraction and EMR Liability While Leveraging Opportunities in Teleneurology and Telecritical Care

VII. Developing and Leading a Sustainable High Reliability High Performing Unit: Theories of Quality, Teamwork, Medical Error and Patient Safety

VIII. Neurolaw and the Integration of Neuroscience, Ethics, and the Law: The New Frontiers

IX. Conclusions and Afterword

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Index