"The Art of Force" - Pre-Contact Threat Assessment
San Francisco Police officers respond to a call of an agitated mentally disturbed and disabled man in a wheelchair wielding a knife and vandalizing parked cars on a downtown city street. A group of at least six uniformed and plain clothes officers locate and surround the man who remains seated in his wheelchair. The officers' initial attempts to communicate with the angry, apparently delusional and armed man prove ineffective.
Preparing And Winning Medical Negligence Cases: Gynecology
Good record keeping is not only good medical practice but can serve as a solid defense against claims which may or may not have merit. The record, whether in the hospital or in the office, should be a contemporaneous representation of all information relevant to the particular patient. This includes the history of the patient, physical examination, laboratory data, nursing notes, progress notes, etc.
Confronting Food & Beverage Quality Failures with Analytical Chemistry
Quality issues or product failures can cause manufacturing shut-downs, customer complaints or even legal disputes. These problems include contamination, off-flavors/colors/odors, toxic substances, migration/leaching and packaging failures.
Psychologically Speaking©: Negotiation 101
Advice about negotiation often focuses on procedure, strategy, and tactics. However, some of the most important factors in dispute resolution are the subliminal aspects of the interaction that operate outside the awareness of the participants, which may create unnecessary barriers to the effective resolution in dispute.
Physician Assistant Malpractice History: Comparing PAs to Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Based on the first seventeen years of data from the National Practitioner Data Bank, nationwide Physician Assistant malpractice demonstrates lower malpractice incidence and average payment amounts over a 17 Year Period Compared to MDs and Advance Practice Nurses
The Physician Assistant Expert Witness & Medico-legal Consultant: A Guide for Attorneys & Experts
The physician assistant ("PA") expert witness is a board certified and state licensed health care professional who by experience or training is qualified to give an opinion on the standard of care provided by fellow physician assistants. Although formal training is not required, some PA expert witnesses have completed seminars conducted by and for legal nurse consultants.
A Forensic Psychologist's Report In A Sexual Harassment, Hostile Work Environment And Retaliation Case
On September 24, 2007, I interviewed Ms. Rebecca White for a psychological evaluation and report. She was referred by her attorney, Peter G. Eikenberry, Esq. for a psychological evaluation in the context of her litigation against Charlie's Supermarkets where she alleged sexual harassment, a hostile work environment and retaliation.
The following is based upon the psychological evaluation of Rebecca White.
20 Practical Ways to Increase Your Sales with "Green" Marketing
Recently I was on jury duty for the New York Criminal Court in Manhattan. Every day while walking down the long ninth-floor corridor to our jury room, I passed two large, rectangular, strategically-placed, multi-unit recycling containers for waste, paper, cans, glass
10 Steps To Effectively Marketing Your Business Internationally
If you are interested in marketing your business internationally you will find valuable insight in the acclaimed book by Thomas L. Friedman - The World is Flat...A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. The Book's proposition is" As globalization has changed core economic concepts...the world is 'flat' in a sense that the competitive playing field between industrial and emerging market countries has been leveled
10 Focusing Strategies for ADD Clients
It’s so hard for ADD people to concentrate on tasks some times, because every time something is touched, they think of something else to do. So just trying to say out loud to yourself, "Focus, focus, focus"—easier said than done, but give it a try
