Lessons Learned Risk Management Issues in Genetic Counseling /

Lessons Learned Risk Management Issues in Genetic Counseling /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schmerler, Susan. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Materias:
Human genetics.
Social work.
Health psychology.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Clinical psychology.
Psychology.
Human Genetics.
Social Work.
Health Psychology.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Clinical Psychology.
General Psychology.
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72175-0
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 .-.

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