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The 2001 Medical Malpractice Update is an essential tool for the malpractice and general personal injury attorney who needs to keep up-to-the-minute with significant legal and medical advances that impact medical malpractice. Enlisting the expertise of a distinguished group of specialists to identify the most significant developments in medicine and medical malpractice, the 2001 Medical Malpractice Update examines a broad cross section of subjects of key interest to the practitioner. These include: Emerging legal issues in family medicine -- Advances in internal medicine -- Examines new treatment guidelines in lung, heart, intestinal, endocrine, oncology, hematology, human genetics, neurology -- New developments in dermatology and vascular surgery -- New issues in emergency medical malpractice -- the use of complimentary and alternative medical treatments -- The role of a legal Nurse Consultant in a medical malpractice trial. The 2001 Medical Malpractice Update also provides extensive analysis of recent case law on doctrines gaining prominence in medical malpractice including the criminalization of health care malpractice and managed care organization liability.