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The Jurisprudent Physician is a medical-legal primer that provides an illuminating look at issues, problems, and situations that often unnecessarily baffle, and sometimes intimidate, even the most confident medical practitioners. The book will help you: Understand the basic workings of our legal system; See how malpractice lawyers think and work; Learn why patients sue doctors; Understand the nature of the legal relationship between doctor and patient; Reduce the likelihood of legal claims; Make, maintain, use, and release medical records to your best advantage; Appreciate legal perils and pitfalls associated with private, hospital, and managed care practice; Understand the physician's role as an expert; Testify in depositions, hearings, and court; Follow the course of a medical malpractice case from beginning to end.

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