7/31/2004· Pain Management
I think every doctor has several patients that are etched into his memory. One such patient was Dr. G. He was a doctor, the same age that I was, and he had cancer. Cancer pain is different from other pains
7/31/2004· Pain Management
I think every doctor has several patients that are etched into his memory. One such patient was Dr. G. He was a doctor, the same age that I was, and he had cancer. Cancer pain is different from other pains
4/25/2004· Expert Witnessing
Timing is Important In Selecting An Expert Witness
By: Peter H. Burgher
A prominant southeastern Michigan law firm specializing in certain types of litigation recently asked me if I was able to serve as an expert regarding measurement of damages in an employee discharge case
3/30/2004· Professional Malpractice
Management Mistakes in Healthcare: A Disturbing Silence
By: Paul B. Hofmann, Dr PH, FACHE
The belated but formal acknowledgement of medical errors and their impact has been well documented.1 Curiously, the topic of management or executive mistakes in healthcare is not raised in professional meetings nor, until recently, addressed by an article in health administration journals
11/26/2003· Professional Malpractice
Challenging legal and ethical questions swirl around factitious disorder, Munchausen syndrome, and/or malingering, muddying the already darkened waters through which health care professionals must tread. As cases in this book have illustrated, bold moves that in some instances were ethically and legally questionable have been taken by medical personnel
10/15/2003· Machinery
What is most misunderstood and costly to your operation? Lubricants and Lubrication!
By: John H. Marino
Do you know that your equipment produces a profit on a thin film called lubricant? The most important but yet the most mismanaged in 99% of all companies is lubricants and/or lubrication. That’s why, it has been reported, that 60% to 70% of all mechanical failures are due to inadequate lubricants and lubrication practices
8/19/2003· Professional Skills
The Correct Way To Present Exhibits
The law loves the word, but people love pictures. Integrating words and pictures in your presentations is key to a litigator's success - whether addressing the judge, jurors, arbitrators or mediators
5/29/2003· Expert Witnessing
Avoiding Ipse Dixit Mislabeling: Post-Daubert Approaches To Expert Clinical Opinions
By: Harold Bursztajn, MD and Thomas G. Gutheil, MD
Recent Supreme Court decisions emphasize the need to regulate the admissibility of expert testimony by means of standards that require opinions going beyond ipse dixit; that is, that are based on more than the fact that the expert "said it him/herself
3/12/2003· Nursing
Using A Legal Nurse Consultant
Plenty! Like the experienced paralegals and legal secretaries successful attorneys rely on to allow them to focus their own efforts where the effect will be the greatest, Legal Nurse Consultants (LNCs) are another powerful weapon in the attorney's arsenal
2/1/2003· Automotive - Vehicular
Developing An Effective Maintenance Program
Have you ever stopped to consider that maintenance is war? Your enemies are breakdown and deterioration; your soldiers are the maintenance supervisors and technicians; and the people you are protecting are the workers and customers of your organization
12/21/2002· Insurance Coverage Analysis
An insurer may rescind its policy in the event of material misrepresentation or concealment of a fact by the insured. Misrepresentation is false statement of a fact by the insured