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EMPOWERMENT is SWEEPING the STATES
We were lost before DIVORCE EMPOWERMENT! Well-written, easy to understand - NY specific + more
There are no accidents: I met the author of this book when she had just received her first copies from the publisher; I was floundering trying to get accurate information about what to do, when and how to do it.Lawyers, legal referrals, community organizations and friends were trying to "help" by offering advice, much of it well-intended but inaccurate and COSTLY, both in the short- and long-term. UNIQUELY EFFECTIVE TOOL
At last! A clear, organized, informative --- yet enjoyable and inspirational --- guidebook that effectively addresses the wide-ranging needs of my clients and supports them through the entire divorce process. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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Fascinating discussions
The twenty-first century will see breathtaking advances in genetics, artificial intelligence, physics, mathematics, and neuroscience. In fact, there is not one field of science or technology that will not significant strides in this century, this being due not only to the increasing number of scientists but also to the amount of cross-fertilization between fields. Contemplating and witnessing these developments is exhilarating, and being alive in this century is every technophile's dream. All change however brings dangers as well as delights, and it always has legal and political ramifications.
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Subjects:  1. Psychology    2. Legal status, laws, etc.    3. Science    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Neuroscientists    6. Neurosciences    7. Medical Law & Legislation    8. Cognitive Psychology    9. Neuroscience    10. International Law    11. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    12. Science / General    13. General    14. Research    15. United States    16. Brain    17. Imaging    18. Science/Mathematics    19. Legal status, laws, etc   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Health/Fitness    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Malpractice    5. Medical Malpractice    6. Physicians    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Aging - Retirement    2. Care    3. Caregivers    4. Directories    5. Finance    6. General    7. Life skills guides    8. Older people    9. Political Science    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    12. Reference    13. Services For The Aged    14. Services for    15. United States    16. Care of the elderly    17. Family law    18. Family welfare    19. Political Science / Social Services & Welfare    20. USA   

Subjects:  1. Clinical trials    2. Food Science    3. Forms    4. Handbooks    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Research    8. Research & Methodology    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Standards    11. Technology    12. Medical / Pharmacology    13. Medical equipment & techniques    14. Medicolegal issues   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Child abuse    4. Children    5. Family Law - Children    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal status, laws, etc.    10. Parent and child (Law)    11. United States    12. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law   

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The Private Investigator's Legal Manual
This book is a God-send for people who are looking for study material prior to taking the test, for new Private Investigators just entering the profession, and for the experienced Private Investigator who is expanding into a new area of practice.In all my research, this is the only source that explains what a Private Investigator can do and what they can't do, based on case law as well as explaining the liabilities associated with PI work.Well done! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Domestic Relations - General    2. Ethics    3. Ethics & Professional Responsibility    4. Family Law - General    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Family law    8. Jurisprudence & General Issues    9. Law / Domestic Relations / General   

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A Lifesaver- but a bit out of date
This book was a lifesaver when it came to preparing for final exams. A very nice summary that hits all the major topics in Mental Health law. My only complaint is that it hasn't been updated since 97.So although most of the information is still accurate, it doesn't cover any of the more-recent developments in the law. Either way, if your struggling in a course, it's a great tool to have- just be aware that it was published in 1997, but I've looked and this was the best option I could find. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Insanity    2. Jurisprudence    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Mental Health    6. Mental Health And Hygiene    7. Mental health laws    8. Reference    9. Social Law    10. United States   

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An Introduction for Everyone in the Pharmaceutical Business
I read the Generic Challenge in one evening.It is easy to read, anecdotal and short (100 pages).My favorite portions of the book were Chapter 2 (pharmaceutical patenting strategy) and Chapter 7 (drug life-cycle management).It is hard to believe that so much information and seasoned advice is packed into this little book.
Excellent primer on intersection of patents and drug regulation
The book is concise, witty, understandable by lay and law people alike, and helpful in understanding the difficulties that innovative drug companies face as well as how generics keep the innovators on their toes.Not designed as a treatise (thankfully), it is helpful for someone who wants a quick and readable overview of patents and drug laws and regulations in the U.S. and elsewhere, and how they affect the incentives to develop new drugs.This is well-suited for people who work at drug companies (whether innovator or generic) and among the professionals that serve those companies, not to mention politicians and others who make or influence policy, or anyone who wants to be informed about the facts and policies that underlie the "generic" debate that plays out in the press.

Aleatory in form and content.
Pages 1-40 disclose some background information relating to patents.Here, the author is plainly uncomfortable with the topic. Pages 41-107 describe various regulations relating to FDA submissions.Here, the writing is somewhat more assured.
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Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Law-Intellectual Property - Patent    5. Law-Medical Law & Legislation    6. Medical / Pharmacology   

Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Child Advocacy    3. Christianity - Christian Life - Social Issues    4. Christianity - Church Administration - General    5. Law    6. Religion - Ministry & Pastoral Resources    7. Child abuse    8. Religion: general   

Subjects:  1. Alternative Dispute Resolution    2. Divorce & Separation    3. Family Law - Divorce & Separation    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Law / General    7. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    8. bernard a. raum,1553691466,01-0548,maryland,divorce,law,custody,alimony,visitation,child support,marital property,domestic relations forms,   

Subjects:  1. Consumer    2. Family Law - General    3. Labor & Employment    4. Labor laws and legislation    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Popular works    8. Practical Guides    9. United States    10. Law / Practical Guides   

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Getting real about medical error
When someone is hurt during medical treatment it is an understandable reaction to blame the doctor for the harm. However, the great majority of errors which occur in medicine are a simple consequence of conscientious doctors being fallible human beings just like the rest of us. Hospital systems are generally full of design faults which pre-dispose doctors to make mistakes. Blaming doctors for simply being human directs attention away from these design faults, reduces the chance that system improvements will be made, and makes it likely that the same error will repeat itself in the future - thus perpetuating patient harm. Human error cannot be avoided, but patient harm can, through better systems and procedures. Genuinely negligent acts do occur in medicine, but it is important that these are distinguished from the inevitable human errors of clinicians doing their best. This is a distinction which is also required in law to ensure fairness in both the prosecution of negligent doctors and the compensation of harmed patients. This book goes several steps beyond the Institute of Medicine Report ("To Err is Human") in identifying the mechanisms and nature of error within health care and in its detailed discussion of the intricacies of culpability, blame, violation, error, legal fairness, and patient safety. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Legal Writing    4. Malpractice    5. Medical Law & Legislation    6. Medical jurisprudence    7. Medical personnel    8. Ethics & moral philosophy    9. Health systems & services    10. Law / Medical Law & Legislation    11. Medical personnel--Malpractice    12. Medicolegal issues    13. Social law   

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Concise, well-written, authoritative
"Nutshells" are not just for slackers who blew off the semester and need to cram at the last minute.I've been consistently impressed with the quality of West's Nutshell series.They're excellent study aids for summary, clarification, and getting the key points and big picture.This one is written by two prominent scholars in the field, the senior of whom (Harry Krause at Illinois) is also the lead editor on one of the major casebooks (Krause, Elrod, Garrison, Oldham, Family Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions).Thus this little book is epecially valuable if your class is using that casebook.
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Subjects:  1. Domestic relations    2. Family Law - General    3. Law    4. United States    5. Family law   

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Workers Comp Victim review
This book should be offered to injured workers after their first visit with an attorney who will represent them. It should also be among those on the "required reading" lists in every law school, where attorneys may enter the Workers Compensation practice. The accuracy of descriptions for various categories, (ie. Chronic Pain, etc.), are extraordinary. For the first time in the eight years that I have been dealing with the system, I was able to read what amounted to an all encompassing, yet clear and accurate description of my own dillemma. Truly an excellent book.

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Strategies in Workers' Compensation, written with the healthcare medical professional in mind, describes the nuts and bolts of workers compensation. The book details the history, laws, various stakeholders, costs, and problems encountered by healthcare providers. An emphasis is placed on the "difficult patient" with regard to management techniques for doctors, insurance companies, and employers. In addition, Strategies in Workers' Compensation offers reference material to aid in understanding the complex system.
A DOCTOR IN THE FIELD
THIS BOOK IS GREAT TO HELP NEW AND EXISTING DOCTORS LEARN ABOUT THE WORKERS COMPENSATION SYSTEM. DR. SALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH HISTORCIAL AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS WHEN DEALING WITH THE INJURED WORKER AND THE ROLE THE CLINICIAN SHOULD PERFORM.I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE. THANKS DR. RICHARD SALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RESEARCH AND WRITE THIS BOOK!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. General    4. Labor & Employment    5. Law    6. Medical Law & Legislation    7. Business & Economics / General    8. Employment & labour law    9. Law as it applies to other professions    10. Medicolegal issues   

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Forensic Science    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Liability for emotional distress    6. Mental Health    7. Personal Injury    8. Personal injuries    9. Psychology    10. United States    11. Medicolegal issues    12. Psychiatry    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    14. Psychology | Clinical   

Subjects:  1. Legal History    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Women's Studies - General    4. Ancient Rome    5. BCE to c 500 CE    6. Classical Studies | Ancient History | Roman    7. Family law    8. History / Ancient / Rome    9. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval    10. Roman law    11. Social history    12. Ancient - Rome    13. Domestic relations (Roman law)    14. History    15. History: World   

Subjects:  1. Bioethics    2. Ethics    3. General    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical Law & Legislation    7. Medical ethics    8. Medical laws and legislation    9. Social aspects    10. Bio-ethics    11. Health systems & services   

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Couldn't have been better
I really am enjoying this book. Although I am reading it as an assignment, I believe I would have read it regardless.

A profoundly emotional story
Long Goodbye: The Deaths Of Nancy Cruzan by William H. Colby is the in-depth and true story of a judicial trial concerning Nancy Cruzan, a woman who was thrown from her vehicle and suffered horrific injuries. Since that tragic accident, Nancy has remained in a coma for five years, until her family abandoned hope for her revival and requested the removal of Nancy's feeding tube so her life could end peacefully. But the state intervened and denied the family's wishes. Thus began a extended legal battle began over who had the authority and the right to authorize the end of medical intervention with respect to a patient like Nancy. Long Goodbye is a profoundly emotional story of striving to do what one hopes is the right thing, in accordance with the wishes of those who cannot speak for themselves -- and the role of government to intrude into family and medical issues. This is a profoundly important issue that plays out in our hospitals and nursing homes every day. At the crux of the matter is the right to life, the right to die, and who has the final authority over a loved one caught up in a plight similar to Nancy Cruzan and her family.

A fair and balanced account
Despite this book being written by the lawyer who represented the parents of Nancy Cruzan who wanted feeding apparatus to be withdrawn and thus to have Nancy die, this book presents the issues and the struggle fairly and even-handedly.This is shown in a way since after reading it I conclude the U.S Supreme Court's decision was right--in the circumstances shown the family could without monetary loss have permitted their child to not be starved to death.The account of the trial and of the appellate history of the case is absorbing and shows the author is an able lawyer, admirable in representing his clients.I have no hesitancy in saying if it had been my child I would not have gone to the efforts which Nancy's father went to in order to have his child die.But psychologically Nancy's parents wanted the living death to end and their lawyer was right to seek the relief his clients desired.An extraordinary book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Cruzan, Joe    3. Cruzan, Nancy    4. Death & Dying    5. Death, Grief, Bereavement    6. Health Care Issues    7. Law and legislation    8. Medical - General    9. Missouri    10. Right to die    11. Social Science    12. Sociology    13. Trials    14. Trials, litigation, etc    15. United States   

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An essential guide
This book is a must-read for anyone who employs or cross-examines expert witnesses. And, frankly, anyone who might be called upon to give expert witness testimony would be well-advised to read it as well. Great Resource
As a mental health professional dealing with court issues both for myself and colleagues, this book has been a great resource. The information has enabled us to enter a courtroom with much more confidence and much less anxiety. Mr. Stern's work has helped to make sense of an often frustratingand confusing experience.

Worried about expert testimony? This will help.
This is a jewel of a book. Mr. Stern follows his own advice: know your literature, know your audience, and speak English. As a forensic nurse and educator, I would recommend this book to any examiner who is about to facethe rigors of courtroom testimony. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child abuse    2. Evidence    3. Evidence, Expert    4. Interpersonal Relations    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Medical Law & Legislation    8. Psychology    9. United States    10. Witnesses    11. Civil law (general works)    12. English criminal law: offences against the person    13. Law / Witnesses    14. Law-Evidence    15. Law-Medical Law & Legislation    16. Psychology & Psychiatry / Interpersonal Relations    17. USA