Medicolegal and Ethical Issues in Neurology, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 41-3 - July 5, 2023
- Editors: Joseph S. Kass, Michael A. Rubin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 3 7 6 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 3 7 7 - 5
In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Joseph S. Kass and Michael A. Rubin bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Medicolegal Issues in Neurology. Top… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Joseph S. Kass and Michael A. Rubin bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Medicolegal Issues in Neurology. Top experts in the field provide up-to-date, focused guidance on how to identify and approach the major medicolegal and ethical issues that neurologists confront in today’s clinical practice.
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Contains 13 practice-oriented topics including medical aid in dying; legal and ethical issues in the neurology of reproductive health; brain death: ethical and legal challenges; organ donation and controlled determination of death by circulatory criteria; ethics and legal issues regarding global neurology; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews of medicolegal issues in neurology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Informed Consent and Decision-Making for Patients with Acquired Cognitive Impairment
- Key points
- Introduction
- Informed consent
- Alternatives to informed consent
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Medical Assistance in Dying in Neurology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Disclosure
- Futility and Shared Decision-Making
- Key points
- Ancient origins of the concept of medical futility
- Contemporary conceptual changes
- Definitions of futility: quantitative and qualitative measures
- Social upheaval shifts the locus of power
- Patient-centered medical care
- The development of shared medical decision-making
- When disputes remain and specialist support is needed
- Social science efforts to improve shared decision-making
- Patient education and decision-making tools
- Time-limited trials
- Treatment of family member distress
- Recognition of the impact of moral distress
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Brain Death: Ethical and Legal Challenges
- Key points
- History of brain death/death by neurologic criteria
- Why do some people object to brain death/death by neurologic criteria?
- How do clinicians handle objections to brain death/death by neurologic criteria?
- What happens when objections to brain death/death by neurologic criteria are brought to court?
- Should consent be required before performing an evaluation for the determination of brain death/death by neurologic criteria?
- Should organ support be continued until circulatory-respiratory arrest if a family objects to brain death/death by neurologic criteria?
- The future of management of objections to brain death/death by neurologic criteria
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosures
- Medical Malpractice and the Neurologist: An Introduction
- Key points
- Malpractice liability
- Standard of care
- Malpractice beyond negligence
- Non-malpractice liability
- Forensic neurology liability: the expert witness
- Medical Malpractice and the Neurologist: Specific Neurological Claims
- Key points
- Introduction
- Headache
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Epilepsy
- Author contributions
- Declaration of conflicting interests
- Funding
- Protecting Privacy: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Twenty-First Century Cures Act, and Social Media
- Key points
- Overview
- The Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
- Understanding the Twenty-First Century Cures Act: providing medical records to patients
- The intersection of medical ethics and social media
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute: Avoiding Legal Landmines
- Key points
- Overview
- Anti-Kickback Statue violations
- Cybersecurity and electronic health record violations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Legal and Ethical Issues in the Neurology of Reproductive Health
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Clinical relevance
- Approach
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Counseling Patients with Neurologic Disabilities
- Burden of neurologic disease
- Background
- Case presentation and discussion
- Summary and future directions
- Clinics care points
- Global Neurology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Key points
- Global health: why go beyond our borders?
- The rise of global health programs
- Ethical challenges leading to harm
- Guidelines to mitigate the harm
- Legal concerns
- What about global neurology?
- Summary
- Author contributions
- Declaration of conflicting interests
- Funding
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 41-3
- Published: July 5, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443183768
- eBook ISBN: 9780443183775
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Joseph S. Kass
Joseph S. Kass, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Neurology, Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Neurology, Ben Taub General Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas, USAMR
Michael A. Rubin
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Deparmetn of Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center