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The second coming of managed
care
Linda Peeno
Managed health care has been pronounced dead more than
once, as health insurers insist they’ve adopted kinder,
gentler ways to control costs. But the monster is merely
sleeping, and potential profits continue to drive health
care companies toward a newer model of rationed care.
Liability for postsurgical
infection
Jim Leventhal and Anthony Viorst
An operation is scary enough, but if the doctor neglects
to treat infections post-surgery, a simple procedure can
become a medical horror story. The authors show how to
hold doctors and hospitals responsible for a letdown in
followup.
The truth about med-mal premiums
Interview with Jay Angoff
In this Q&A, a former Missouri insurance commissioner
explains how forces other than litigation, including insurers’
own business practices, have driven up doctors’ medical
malpractice premiums.
Keep ‘junk science’
out of cerebral palsy cases
Dov Apfel
Obstetricians and the defense community have established
“essential criteria” for determining whether
a doctor’s negligence caused cerebral palsy in a
newborn, and that alliance is pressuring courts to accept
them. But the “science” behind the criteria
is deeply flawed and self-serving.
How to mine the medical
records
James P. Frickleton
There’s more to a patient’s medical history
than hospital charts. Read nurses’ notes, therapists’
reports, discharge summaries, and other documents to uncover
key details that will bolster your case.
Preparing for the defense medical
expert’s deposition
Betsey Herd and Janabeth Evans
When you’re checking the background of the defense
team’s expert, take full advantage of the myriad,
easily accessed resources, from medical databases to Web
sites, to get an edge in the research race.
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Feature
Better your chances at the
bench
Robert E. Cartwright Jr.
Plaintiffs sometimes fare better before judges than
before juries. Know when to ask for a bench trial and
how to prepare for it.
Make the most of your jury questionnaire
Lisa Blue and Robert Hirschhorn
Carefully crafted and read jury questionnaires can yield
surprisingly useful information.
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News & Trends
PROTECT Act amendment ‘intimidates’
judges, critics say
Airline is liable for flight attendant’s
misconduct
Thimerosal plaintiffs push on despite
setbacks
Company gave up attorney-client
privilege, Ninth Circuit rules
Second Circuit makes ‘workfare’
more fair
Breast-implant plaintiffs can recover
even when told of risks
No religious exemption for Catholic
Charities, says California court
Court may compel deceased woman’s
lawyer to testify
Hospital fails to justify refusal
to hire male obstetrical nurses
Plagued by bedbugs, hotel guests
bite back
Public employee’s personnel
record is also public, court holds
Ruling regarding
opt-out plaintiffs’ discovery rights is precedential
Departments
President’s page
The preemption danger
Letter
Supreme Court review
Government aid to religion
Good Counsel
Hearsay
Books
Success Without Victory
by Jules Lobel
Into the Minds of Madmen
by Don DeNevi and John H. Campbell
Pain Killer
by Barry Meier
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