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.

Key Features:
- 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.

CONTENTS:
Part One: Legal Medicine in the Digital Age
CHAPTER 1 History of Legal Medicine
CHAPTER 2 The American Legal System
CHAPTER 3 Digital Healthcare
CHAPTER 4 History of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
CHAPTER 5 Artificial Intelligence Liability Theories in Medicine
CHAPTER 6 Artificial Intelligence in Genetics
CHAPTER 7 Use of AI in Dentistry
CHAPTER 8 Medical Records and Prescribing by Physicians
CHAPTER 9 Spoliation: Altered Medical Records
CHAPTER 10 The Confidentiality of Digital Medical Information
CHAPTER 11 Telemedicine Liability
Part Two: Law of Medicine and Medical Practice
CHAPTER 12 The Standard of Care and the Reasonable Doctor and Juror
CHAPTER 13 Healthcare Provider Contracts
CHAPTER 14 Physician As an Employer
CHAPTER 15 The Law of Agency and Partnership
CHAPTER 16 Medical Practice Organizations and Joint Ventures
CHAPTER 17 Patents, Intellectual Property, and Licenses
CHAPTER 18 The Law of Antitrust
CHAPTER 19 Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques
CHAPTER 20 Professional Liability Insurance
Part Three: Medical Education and Practice
CHAPTER 21 Medical Education and State Board Licensure
CHAPTER 22 Medical Staff Peer Review in Credentialing and Privileging of Physicians
CHAPTER 23 Physician Profile Databases
CHAPTER 24 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Part Four: Professional Medical Ethics
CHAPTER 25 Physician-Patient Relationship
CHAPTER 26 Competency and Capacity: A Primer
CHAPTER 27 Informed Consent to Medical and Surgical Treatment
CHAPTER 28 Mandatory Evaluation of Older Doctors for Physical and Cognitive Impairment
Part Five: Prescribing and Pain Management
CHAPTER 29 Prescribing by Clinicians
CHAPTER 30 Drug Courts
CHAPTER 31 Cannabis (Marijuana): Metabolic and Medical Aspects
CHAPTER 32 Cannabinoids: Legal Aspects
CHAPTER 33 Liability for Physicians Who Certify Medical Cannabis Therapy
Part Six: Legal Aspects of Public Health
CHAPTER 34 Occupational Health Law
CHAPTER 35 Public Health Law
CHAPTER 36 HIV/AIDS: Ethical and Legal Aspects
CHAPTER 37 Responses to COVID-19: Ethical and Legal Issues
CHAPTER 38 Legal and Policy Aspects of Bioterrorism
Part Seven: Forensic Science and Medicine
CHAPTER 39 Forensic Use of Medical Information in Civil and Criminal Justice Systems
CHAPTER 40 Forensic Pathology
CHAPTER 41 Psychiatric Patients and Forensic Psychiatry
CHAPTER 42 Forensic Criminalistics
Part Eight: Care of Special Patients
CHAPTER 43 Child Abuse
CHAPTER 44 Domestic Violence Patients
CHAPTER 45 Geriatric Patients
CHAPTER 46 Elder Law: Ethical and Legal Issues
CHAPTER 47 Cancer Genetics: Discrimination and Counseling
CHAPTER 48 The Process of Dying
CHAPTER 49 Aid in Dying and Palliative Sedation in the United States
CHAPTER 50 Preparticipation Athletic Screening, Supervision, and Disqualification of Student Athletes: Physician Apprehension of Legal Liability
Part Nine: Professional Medical Liability
CHAPTER 51 Medical Malpractice Stress Syndrome
CHAPTER 52 Etiology of Medical Malpractice: Causes of Action
CHAPTER 53 Defenses to a Claim of Medical Malpractice Defenses
CHAPTER 54 Medication Errors by Healthcare Providers
CHAPTER 55 Medical Testimony and the Expert Witness
CHAPTER 57 Pretrial, Trial, and Appeal Procedures
CHAPTER 58 Legal Liability in Clinical Trials Research
CHAPTER 59 Medical Product Liability
CHAPTER 60 Countersuits by Healthcare Providers
CHAPTER 61 Crimes by Healthcare Providers (Part 1)
CHAPTER 62 Crimes by Healthcare Providers (Part 2)
CHAPTER 63 Cerebral Palsy Litigation: A Continuing 21st Century Epidemic
Part Ten: Liability of Medical Specialists
CHAPTER 64 Emergency Medicine
CHAPTER 65 Family Practice and Internal Medicine Liability
CHAPTER 66 Liability of Cardiologists
CHAPTER 67 Liability of Surgeons
CHAPTER 68 Legal Issues in Newborn Intensive Care
CHAPTER 69 Pediatric Liability
CHAPTER 70 Liability in Obstetrics and Gynecology
CHAPTER 71 Liability of the Ophthalmologist
CHAPTER 72 Otolaryngology Liability
CHAPTER 73 Liability of Radiologists
CHAPTER 74 Liability of Neurologists
CHAPTER 75 Liability of Plastic Surgeons
CHAPTER 76 Nursing Liability
CHAPTER 77 Liability of Pharmacists
CHAPTER 78 Liability of Psychiatrists
CHAPTER 79 Liability of the Clinical Pathologist
CHAPTER 80 Life Care Planning: Ethical and Legal Issues
CHAPTER 81 Liability of Urologists
CHAPTER 82 Liability and Risk Management in Anesthesiology