Lessons Learned Risk Management Issues in Genetic Counseling - Schmerler, Susan; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
1 Introduction -- 2 Sources of Liability -- 2.1 Forms of Legal Complaints -- 2.1.1 Tort Law -- 2.1.2 Fraud -- 2.1.3 Contract Law -- 2.2 Legal Initiatives -- 2.2.1 Federal Regulations -- 2.2.2 State Regulations -- 2.2.3 Criminal Complaints -- 2.2.4 Organizational Requirements -- 2.3 Private Practice -- 2.3.1 Partnerships -- 2.3.2 Billing -- 2.4 Industry/Technology -- 2.5 Reproductive Technology -- 2.6 Research -- 2.6.1 Human Subjects -- 2.6.2 Gene Transfer -- 2.6.3 Clinical Testing on Research Samples -- 2.6.4 Institutional Review Boards -- 2.6.5 Epidemiology -- 2.7 Trainees -- 3 Duty as an Element of a Lawsuit: -- 3.1 Duty Element -- 3.2 Establishing a Professional Relationship -- 3.2.1 Abandonment -- 3.3 Obligations and Duties -- 3.3.1 Standard of Care -- 3.3.2 Specialty Practitioners -- 3.3.3 Good Practice -- 3.3.4 Nongeneticists Providing Genetic Services -- 4 Duty as an Element of a Lawsuit: -- 4.1 Test for a Standard -- 4.2 Sources for Standards -- 4.2.1 Scope of Practice: -- 4.2.2 Code of Ethics -- 4.2.3 Professional Organizations -- 4.2.4 Professional Literature -- 4.2.5 Professional Guidelines -- 4.2.6 Credentials -- 4.2.7 Expert testimony -- 5 Duty as an Element of a Lawsuit: -- 5.1 Medical Records -- 5.1.1 Chart Contents -- 5.1.2 Ownership -- 5.1.3 Storage of Medical Records -- 5.1.4 Shadow Charts -- 5.2 Failure to FollowPolicies and Procedures -- 5.2.1 Informed Consent -- 5.2.2 Confidentiality -- 5.3 Improper Techniques -- 5.3.1 Nondirective -- 5.3.2 Nonjudgmental/Value Neutral -- 5.3.3 Transcultural Competency -- 5.3.4 Defenses for the Duty Element -- 6 Breach, Causation and Damages as Elements of a Lawsuit -- 6.1 Breach -- 6.1.1 Decision Makers -- 6.1.2 Defense to Breach Element -- 6.2 Causation -- 6.2.1 Remote Causation -- 6.2.2 Proximate Cause -- 6.2.3 Informed Consent Cases -- 6.2.4 Defense to the Causation Element -- 6.3 Damages -- 6.3.1 General Damages -- 6.3.2 Compensatory Damages -- 6.3.3 Noneconomic Damages -- 6.3.4 Punitive Damages -- 6.3.5 Assessing Damages -- 6.3.6 Defense to the Damage Element -- 7 Defenses to a Lawsuit -- 7.1 Helping Yourself -- 7.2 Affirmative Defenses to Malpractice Lawsuits -- 7.2.1 Statute of Limitations -- 7.2.2 Contributory Negligence -- 7.2.3 Comparative Negligence -- 7.2.4 Assumption of the Risks -- 7.2.5 Good Samaritan Statute -- 7.2.6 Indemnity or Release -- 7.3 Countersuits -- 7.3.1 Malicious Prosecution -- 7.3.2 Abuse of Process -- 7.3.3 Defamation -- 7.3.4 Negligence -- 7.3.5 Intentional Torts -- 8 Communication -- 8.1 Face-to-Face -- 8.2 Electronic Communication -- 8.2.1 Internet -- 8.3 Privacy -- 8.3.1 Transmission of Information -- 8.4 Managing Your Malpractice Exposure in Cyberspace -- 9 Conclusions: Lessons Learned -- 9.1 Defensive Practice -- 9.2 Advice from Experience -- Appendix -- A.1 Definition of Genetic Counseling -- A.1.1 1975 -- A.1.2 2006 -- A.2 Scope of Practice -- A.3 The Code of Ethics of the National Society of Genetic Counselors -- A.4 Suggested Readings -- Notes -- Index .-.
Keywords: Human genetics; Social work; Health psychology; Psychotherapy; Counseling; Clinical psychology; Psychology; Human Genetics; Social Work; Health Psychology; Psychotherapy and Counseling; Clinical Psychology; General Psychology