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Medical-Legal
Aspects of Pain and Suffering
Patricia W. Iyer, M.S.N,
RN, LNCC
8 1/2" x 11",
hard cover, 526 pages
2003, Lawyers
and Judges
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Table of Contents
There is no other book devoted
to the assessment, management and presentation of pain and
suffering. Written by experienced clinicians and attorneys,
this book will help the healthcare professional understand
how to better alleviate pain and suffering, and the attorney
more effectively litigate claims. A unique blend of authors
have contributed solid material covering a range of concerns
on this hot topic. This book is loaded with practical information,
medical illustrations, figures and tables, pain assessment
forms, sample and questions for direct examination of witnesses.
Written for the healthcare professional, claims adjuster
and trial attorney, this book provides detailed information
on how to analyze pain and suffering cases. You will read
chapters written by legal nurse consultants, physicians
and attorneys and see how pain and suffering patients and
cases are viewed and treated on all sides.
Each section of this valuable text is designed to fully
explain each aspect of this hot topic in healthcare. The
book starts with an overview of understanding medical records
and commonly used pain assessment tools. It continues with
a focus on high-risk populations, pain and suffering in
children and cancer pain. The last section is dedicated
to presenting pain and suffering cases.
By combining the clinical information in the first two sections
with the legal strategies in the last section, this book
becomes a must read for any attorney litigating medical,
nursing, or nursing home negligence cases.
Topics include:
organization and analysis of medical records
pain assessment and management
chronic pain
cancer, spinal cord injury, wounds and burns
life-care planning and chronic pain
pain and suffering in children
trial exhibits
ante-mortem damages
defense and plaintiffs' perspectives
and much more
What the reviewers had
to say:
I have
spent the last 25 years of my career as a personal injury
attorney. Despite this background, I learned there was much
that I did not know about the medical perspectives on pain
and suffering. Roy Konray Esq
Excellent, very informative
with many good practical suggestions. Abbott
Brown Esq.
The most important of all these
discussions is that the authors have included the family
of the patient in the proper management of pain.
Puneet Setia and Avneesh Gupta
Accurate, comprehensive and
would assist a trial lawyer in understanding how to present
evidence of pain and suffering. John Shea Esq.
At last, the trial attorney
will now have an excellent resource tool to use in proving
pain and suffering by a decedent in a wrongful death case.
Marvin Pincus Esq.
Plaintiff’s attorneys
have a very difficult time articulating to juries what the
phrase pain and suffering actually means, and the information
in the book will be a great aid in assisting plaintiff attorneys
to convey these concepts to a jury. Jennie Shatynski
Esq.
Pat: What a great job! I have
just begun to browse through the book and already it has
provided several ideas about approaching various pain and
suffering issues in our cases. I already know that we will
refer to it often. Brian Zorn Esq.
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Table
of Contents
Detailed Table of Contents
1. Organization and Analysis
of Medical Records
Patricia Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC
2. Pain Assessment
Yvonne D'Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
3. Pain Management
Dorene A. O'Hara, MD, MSE
4. A Psychologist's View of Pain and Suffering
Lisa Stepp, Ph.D., M.S., R.N., APN, AOCN, CRNH
5. Suffering: A Multidimensional Concept
Leta Truett, PhD, RN and Patricia Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC
6. Pain and Suffering of Children
Sally A. Lambert, PhD, RN and Diane C. Hudson-Barr, PhD,
RN
7. Pain and Suffering in Pediatric Neurology
Michael A. Pollack, MD, Michael R. D'Lugo, Esq., and
Richard H. Ford, Esq.
8. Pain and Suffering in Emergency Care
Renee Holleran, PhD, RN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN
9. Spinal Cord Injury
Guy William Fried, MD and Karen Mandzak Fried, MSN, RN,
CRRN, CCM
10. Pain and Suffering in Orthopaedics
Nancy E. Mooney, MA, RN, ONC
11. Cancer Pain and Suffering
Carol Bales, MSN, RN, AOCN, CCRP
12. Wounds and Burns
Kelly Jaszarowski, MSN, RN, CNS, ANP, CWOCN
13. Ostomies and Incontinence
Kelly Jaszarowski, MSN, RN, CNS, ANP, CWOCN
14. Pain and Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit
Ian Larry Cohen, MD, FCCP, FCCM
15. Pain and Suffering in the Elderly Population
Suzanne Frederick, MSN, RN
16. Life Care Planning and Chronic Pain
Randall Thomas, PhD, CRC, NCC
17. The Expert Fact Witness
Patricia Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC
18. Trial Exhibits: Legal and Strategic Considerations
Patricia Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC, Stephen Appelbaum, CEP,
EPIC, and John M. Parisi, Esq.
19. Trial Exhibits: Preparation and Use
Patricia Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC, Stephen Appelbaum, CEP,
EPIC, and John Parisi, Esq.
20. Ante-Mortem Damages
Tom Vesper, Esq.
21. A Defense Attorney's Perspective
J. Michael West, Esq. and Thomas C. Broderick, Esq.
22. A Plaintiffs' Attorney's Perspective
Thomas Duffy, Esq.
Index
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