Legal nurse consulting :  principles and practice / 
edited by Patricia W. Iyer ; associate editors, Marguerite Barbacci ... [et al.] ; American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Boca Raton :  CRC Press,  c2003. 
 - xxiv, 1132 p. :  forms ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Legal Theory --The Law, Standards of Care, and Liability Issues--Access to Medical Records--       Discovery and Disclosure--Informed Consent --Treatment Decisions--Profession of Legal Nurse Consulting --The History and Evolution of Legal Nurse Consulting --Entry into Specialty Practice of Legal Nurse Consulting --Professionalism, Standards of Practice, and Standards of Professional Performance --Certification --Ethical Theory and the Practice of the Legal Nurse Consultant--         Nursing Theory: Applications to Legal Nurse Consulting --Legal Practice Areas --Evaluating Professional Negligence Cases -- Elements of Triage: Effective Case Screening of Medical Malpractice Claims --Nursing Home Litigation -- Principles of Evaluating Personal Injury Cases       --Common Mechanisms of Injury in Personal Injury Cases-- Evaluating Product Liability Cases-- Case Analysis: Evaluating Toxic Tort Cases --Evaluating Forensics Cases --ERISA and HMO Litigation -- Complex Litigation --The Legal Nurse Consultant as a Case Manager -- Roles of the Legal Nurse Consultant -- Legal Nurse Consultant Practice within a Law Firm --Communication with Plaintiff Clients --Interacting with Defense Clients --The Role of the Legal Nurse Consultant in the Insurance Industry --The Legal Nurse Consultant\'s Role in Health Care Risk Management--      Health Care Claims Analysis -- Defense Medical Examinations-- Responsibilities of the Legal Nurse Consultant --Legal Writing -- Medical Record Analysis -- Literature Research -- Report Preparation -- Locating and Working with Expert Witnesses --The Legal Nurse Consultant as Expert Witness-- The Liability Nurse Expert Witness-- The Expert Fact Witness: Noneconomic Damages Testimony -- The Life Care Planning Expert-- Business Principles for the Nurse Expert Witness --Mediation, Settlement, and Trial-- Alternative Dispute Resolution: Settlement, Arbitration, and Mediation --The Role of the Legal Nurse Consultant in Preparation of Technical Demonstrative Evidence-- Trial Preparation --The Trial Process -- Business Principles--         Starting a Business: Legal and Business Principles --Successful Marketing for the Legal Nurse Consultant --Growing a Business -- Business Practices and Ethics. 
<br/><br/> Offering up-to-date, practical information on consulting in a variety of practice environments and legal areas, this text covers certification, nursing theory; legal nurse consulting; elements of triage for medical malpractice; ERISA and HMO litigation; report preparation; and evaluating cases. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780849314186 (alk. paper) :  No price 0849314186 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002073730 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing--Law and legislation--United States<br/>Nursing consultants--Legal status, laws, etc--United States<br/>Nursing<br/>Medicolegal issues<br/>Rehabilitation<br/>Crime & criminology<br/>Medical & healthcare law<br/>Consultants--United States<br/>Nursing--United States<br/>Expert Testimony--United States<br/>Jurisprudence--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF2915.N8  / L35 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>344.730414 IYE