Physicians Survival Guide to Litigation Stress

M.D.,John M. James,Ph.D. and W. Edward Davis

ISBN 10: 0977676404 / ISBN 13: 9780977676408

Published by Physician Health Publications, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Physicians Survival Guide to Litigation Stress
• Publisher: Physician Health Publications
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977676404
• ISBN 13: 9780977676408
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: N/A
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Physicians Survival Guide to Litigation Stress provides both scientific and practical information needed to understand and respond to the pressures of a medical malpractice crisis. This book explains why physicians react as they do, and suggests wasy to manage and transcend the experience. It examines the personality patterns of physicians which help them deliver the best care for their patients, but also make them vulnerable to perceiving a legal assault as an attack on their integrity. This book examines the characteristic reactions physicians experience to litigation and the neurophysiology of their emotions and behaviors. It als explores wasy in which htese reaction patterns affect their families, colleagues, and practices. Physicians Survival Guide goies on to present the five phases of the litigation experience. Most importantly, it then presents proactive and practical steps physicians can take to effectively handle the crisis and get back to enjoying medicine and their lives.

About the Author

W. Edward Davis, M.D., M.B.A., completed his residency and fellowship in Internal Medicine and in Allergy and Immunology at Tulane University. He pursued additional training in Pulmonary Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Davis also received a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Medical Management from Tulane University. Currently he is the Department Head of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Davis, his wife, and two children reside in New Orleans, Louisiana. John James, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and educator with a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has trained physicians and psychotherapists from around the world at the James Institute California. In his clinical practice, Dr. James counsels physicians and their families, as well as other professionals and executives. He also provides consultation and training to corporations and health care organizations. Dr. James currently resides in Lafayette, California.