TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shapo,Marshall S.
TI  - Understanding the law for physicians, healthcare professionals, and scientists: a primer on the operations of the law and the legal system 
SN  - 9781138483453 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - KF3821 .S53 2018
U1  - 344.0321 
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Boca Raton, Florida : 
PB  - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Medical laws and legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Physicians
KW  - Legislation & jurisprudence
KW  - Legislation, Medical
KW  - Research Personnel
KW  - Health Personnel
N1  - "A productivity press book". --Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; Different cultures, different lenses -- Various approaches to risk in the legal system -- Institutional background -- Regulation -- Tort law generally -- Information about risk and assumption of risk -- Medical malocurrences -- The duty/proximite cause problem -- Scientific evidence -- Tort reform -- Statutory compensation systems; Adult
N2  - "This book provides basic knowledge about the law in realms where these professionals often encounter it, primarily in areas where their activities pose risks of personal injury.

The book discusses two basic types of law: civil litigation and other remedies afforded to persons who ascribe injuries to the conduct or products of others, and direct government regulation of the levels of safety in those areas. Principal practical applications lie in ways to minimize risk, both in the primary sense and in efforts to avoid litigation over injuries, and in how to present arguments about policy to government officials who write laws and regulations.

This book provides:

     -  An explanation of how lawyers and scientists have differing
        approaches to problems.
     -  An explanation of differing definitions of "truth" for lawyers 
        and scientists.
     -  A discussion of the rationales for government regulation of 
        activities and products that carry risk to consumers.
     -  An explanation of how information about risk affects legal\
        rules on prevention of, and compensation for injuries.
     -  A description of the use of experts in injury litigation and 
        their qualifications.
     -  A description of compensation systems for injuries that 
        differ from individual private lawsuits." --Publisher's descrition
ER  -