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Premises liability.

Premises liability is an often-overlooked legal consideration. Financially destructive cases brought against practices by patients or visitors can be avoided by creating a safe work environment and clearly labeling potentially harmful locales in and around the office in which you work. This article discusses clear ways any physician or office manager can avoid major legal problems by paying close attention to the needs and rights of office invitees. The focus of any physician considering insurance should include not only malpractice insurance but also premises liability insurance.

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PubMed2004

2003 American Urological Association Gallup survey: physician practice patterns, cryosurgery/brachytherapy, male infertility, female urology and insurance/professional liability.

PURPOSE: The Health Policy Survey and Research Committee of the American Urological Association and the Gallup Organization have performed 10 surveys of American urologists since 1992 for the purpose of assessing demographics and practice patterns. The results of the 2003 survey are presented. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A random sample of 510 urologists who have completed urological residencies was interviewed by telephone in February 2003. Major content areas were physician practice patterns, cryosurgery/brachytherapy, male infertility, female urology and insurance/ professional liability. RESULTS: Urologists are older, staying in practice longer and planning to retire later than ever before. Urologists are also seeing more patients in the office every year. Most urologists treat male infertility and female voiding dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: American urologists are older, working harder and planning on continuing to do so for longer than in any year sampled in the last decade.

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Don't volunteer for trouble.

Gone are the days when volunteer activity was limited to delivering flowers and mail to inpatient rooms. Today's volunteers extend the capacity of health care organizations to provide compassionate and caring service by staffing immunization programs, conducting health screening activities and more. With increased reliance on volunteers and increased responsibility placed on volunteers, it is important that they are protected from any personal liability that may be incurred while working on behalf of your organization. It is equally important that the organization is protected from liability incurred by the acts or omissions of its volunteers.

Hospital Volunteers↗
PubMed1999

Liability in suction-assisted lipoplasty: a different perspective.

In this article, the author discusses liability issues for suction-assisted lipoplasty (SAL) and ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty (UAL) that every plastic surgeon should consider. The article reviews factors affecting SAL insurance, discusses the outlook for the new UAL procedure based on experiences with previous breakthrough procedures, and closes with a call for all plastic surgeons to exercise great care in patient selection.

Humans↗
PubMed1975

Malpractice law and the dietitian.

The recent increase in lawsuits against health care personnel makes it advisable that dietitians recognize the potential for legal liability as they practice their profession. Whatever the exact nature of a dietitian's daily duties, an awareness and understanding of the concepts governing the law of malpractice will enable him/her to minimize exposure to liability. To accomplish this, the dietitian should exercise at least a standard of care accepted as competence for the profession. By so doing, the dietitian can insure not only less exposure to malpractice suits, but also attainment of an important goal: delivery of high-quality care to patients.

Diet Therapy↗
PubMed1988

Professional liability. Etiology.

Once again, I find Mr. Cooper quote-worthy for his statement, "It is incumbent upon the trial bar not to support the status quo merely because it is in our economic interest. Change is in the wind, and our tort system will be blown away on the winds of change for change's sake unless we participate in correcting deficiencies in the tort system and civil jury trial process." I suggest that we cannot ask for change for our own economic interest, nor can we lay blame exclusively to the other etiologic elements. We must improve those elements within our purview. The prayer of serenity may serve us well: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. In the game of professional liability litigation as played by the rules extant there are clearly winners and losers. The winners are the legal profession, both plaintiff and defense, and the insurers, who in the face of adversity simply increase premiums or withdraw from the market. The losers are the medical profession, the patients for whom they care and, in the broadest sense, our society as a whole. So as not to close on a note of gloom, one last quote. Lawrence H. Cooke, former Chief Judge of New York State, in remarks to the April 1986 National Symposium on Civil Justice Issues stated, "Our justice systems are beset with very real problems.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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