Title The physician and the law / by Rowland H. Long (member, Massachusetts and New York bars; assistant professor in forensic medicine, New York University Post-Graduate Medical School); foreword by Milton Helpern, M.D. (chief medical examiner, New York City)

Edition Second edition Published New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., [1959] ©1959

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) Series HeinOnline legal classics library Legal classics library Contents The relationship between physician and patient -- Malpractice -- Malpractice : illustrative cases -- The physician's defenses -- Diagnostic aids as evidence -- Autopsy -- The responsibility of the physician in cases of violent or unexpected death or sudden death from natural causes -- The involuntary commitment of the mentally ill -- Blood group tests and blood transfusions -- Artificial insemination -- Adoption of a baby -- The physician and the criminal law -- Revocation or annulment of license -- Compensation of the physician and the workmen's compensation law -- Insurance for physicians -- Communications made privileged by statute -- The testimony of experts -- On the witness stand Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Online resource (HathiTrust, HeinOnline, viewed June 13, 2017) Subject Medical laws and legislation -- United States Medical ethics -- Law and legislation -- United States Physicians -- Malpractice -- Law and legislation -- United States Physicians -- Insurance -- Law and legislation -- United States Evidence, Expert -- Law and legislation -- United States Medical jurisprudence -- United States Jurisprudence Medical ethics -- Law and legislation Medical jurisprudence Medical laws and legislation United States Form Electronic book Author Helpern, Milton, 1902-1977, writer of foreword

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