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    <title>EMS and the law</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Hafter, Jacob L.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Fedor, Victoria L.</namePart>
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  <name type="corporate">
    <namePart>American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Jones and Bartlett Publishers</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2004</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>viii, 120 p. : ill.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Mechanics of the legal system -- Navigating through a lawsuit -- Duties of the EMS provider -- Patient rights -- Medical authority and practice acts -- Good Samaritan laws and immunities -- Negligence -- Intentional torts -- Criminal violations -- Due process and disciplinary procedures -- Documentation -- Insurance -- COBRA and EMTALA -- Public service and interagency relationships.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">authors: Jacob L. Hafter, Victoria L. Fedor ; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons .</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Emergency Medical Services</topic>
    <topic>legislation &amp; jurisprudence</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Insurance, Liability</topic>
    <topic>legislation &amp; jurisprudence</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Malpractice</topic>
    <topic>legislation &amp; jurisprudence</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Patient Rights</topic>
    <topic>legislation &amp; jurisprudence</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <classification authority="nlm">WX 33 AA1 H139e 2004</classification>
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      <title>EMS Continuing education series</title>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9780763720681</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">0763720682</identifier>
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