Beyond Malpractice: The Young Physician's Guide to Legal Medicine

Perhaps you’re a seasoned physician at the top of your field—or maybe you’re still fighting your way out from underneath a giant pile of medical school textbooks. Either way, another hefty tome telling you how to do your job is probably the last thing you’re looking forward to reading.

But today’s physicians have a need for know-how that goes far beyond anatomy and physiology. The duty to “do no harm” is one that you are bound to by law—and the complex legal matters governing medical care should be part of every doctor’s arsenal of knowledge.

Penned by experienced physician and clinical professor William L. Doss, MD, MBA, Beyond Malpractice addresses a wide variety of legal issues affecting the world of health care without any overly complicated lingo or legalese.

In addition to matters of malpractice and tort law, you’ll find useful knowledge about patient privacy, resuscitative codes, and harassment guidelines—all packaged in concise chapters that explain concepts in a straightforward and easily digestible way.

William L. Doss, MD, MBA, is a graduate of the Howard University College of Medicine and received his physician executive MBA from Auburn University in 1991. He has worked as a practicing physician for more than two decades, in both private and academic settings.

Doss is the author of Solo Practice: Challenges and Opportunities and Beyond Residency: The Young Physician's Guide to the Practice of Medicine.

Originally from Detroit, Michigan, he is currently a clinical associate professor at East Carolina University's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where he teaches a Business of Medicine course.

He is assisted by Eric D. Rush, senior resident in the Department of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation at East Carolina University. Dr. Rush serves as chair of resident and fellow council at Vidant Medical Center.