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A wonderful resource
This comprehensive text provides a thoughtful overview of most of the major issues in bioethics that intersect with the American judicial system.The legal citations are scholarly and the organization allows both the student and practitioner (legal or medical) a logical approach to a myriad of thorny issues.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Bioethics    3. Health    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Medical care    8. Medical laws and legislation    9. United States    10. Bio-ethics    11. Law as it applies to other professions    12. Medicolegal issues   

Subjects:  1. Domestic Relations - General    2. Family Law - General    3. Gay Studies    4. Gay couples    5. Homosexuality    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal status, laws, etc    10. Legal status, laws, etc.    11. Lesbian Studies    12. Lesbian couples    13. Lesbians    14. Popular works    15. United States   

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Author suggestions
The text HIPAA for Medical Office Personnel was written as a teaching tool to train students planning to enter the healthcare field. It is also very useful for general instruction for new employees in the health care field.
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Subjects:  1. Hospital Administration    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Medical    4. Medical Law & Legislation    5. Practical Guides    6. Hospital administration & management    7. Medical / Allied Health Services / Medical Assistants   

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a must have
Concise review of medical legal issues facing physcians today. Most complete guide to understanding medical legal processes
This book is one a kind...it offers the most clear and concise guide to understanding how the medical profession functions in a legal environment.The author very clearly has a vast knowledge base from which to draw upon. The book starts with an overview of the laws and the court system.It then covers important topics such as physician licensing, regulation and discipline, the priveleged doctor-patient relationship, informed consent, maintaining medical records and releasing medical records. Specific scenarios are reviewed for the private practitioner, hospital based practitioner and managed care settings.Of particular interest to me was the section on physicians as expert witnesses and testifying in depositions, hearings and in court.My medical school and residency training provided no education on these subjects or any of the mentioned topics.Sample medical malpractice interrogatories are listed in the book so that you may have an awareness of the types of questions and information that is sought during a deposition. The book also covers the subject of medical malpractice insurance and the process of filing a malpractice claim.After reading this book, you will feel much more confident about how you practice medicine and will experience peace of mind in knowing how to conduct your career within a legal framework.I highly recommend this book to all physicians, residents and medical students, and all individuals who work in the medical field.How did we ever get along without it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Law / Medical Law & Legislation    3. Malpractice    4. Medical / General    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Medical Law & Legislation    8. Medical jurisprudence    9. Medical laws and legislation   

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Civil commitment of sex offenders    3. Criminal Law - General    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc.    7. Public Policy - General    8. Sex crimes    9. Sex offenders    10. United States    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Criminal law    13. Sexual abuse    14. USA   

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A Primer For Family Law Clients, Courts and Academics
As one who has read a number of books (both academic and popular)about custody, divorce and family courts, I found Andrew Schepard's book to be a unique and important contribution. It is both a comprehensive, well researched scholarly work and a clearly written and accessible primer for those new to the topic.
Child Focused Family Courts
This book does a great job of pulling together, in a very clear way, all of the important issues facing families and the courts that must address their problems. It is concise and accessible but also contains a wealth of cited resources for additional information.It provides the model for what a child focused Famliy Court should look like.

The Meeting of Minds and Disciplines
Schepard does what many professionals before him have only endeavored to do; he integrates the fields of law and psychology in one comprehensive resource written at a level accessible to the masses.Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Children of divorced parents    3. Custody of children    4. Divorce mediation    5. Family Law - Children    6. General    7. Law    8. Psychology    9. United States    10. English law: marriage & divorce    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    12. Separation & divorce   

Subjects:  1. Emergency Nursing    2. Forensic Medicine    3. Forensic nursing    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical Law & Legislation    7. United States    8. methods    9. Law / Medical Law & Legislation    10. Nursing   

Subjects:  1. Europe    2. Human Services    3. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    4. Services for    5. Social Science    6. Social Work    7. Social work with youth    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - General    10. United States    11. Youth    12. Medical / Public Health    13. Medicolegal issues   

Subjects:  1. Dysfunctional Families    2. Family Psychotherapy    3. Family Violence    4. Law and legislation    5. Mental Illness    6. Prevention    7. Psychology    8. Psychotherapy - Couples & Family    9. Reference    10. United States    11. Victims of family violence    12. Domestic violence    13. Family & relationships    14. Family law    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. Genetics    3. Human chromosome abnormalities    4. Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Medical Law & Legislation    8. Science    9. Biology, Life Sciences    10. Jurisprudence & General Issues    11. Medicine: General Issues    12. Science / Genetics   

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A Much Needed Text for Contemporary Social Work Practice
I'm a licensed clinical social worker in hospice, with a private practice in money therapy (working with clients on the psychological and spiritual issues underlying their money problems). I speak on the subject of spirituality in social work practice, and was delighted to come across a reference to this book while doing research. It addresses the ethical and legal issues social workers need to consider if they plan to utilize a spiritual or complementarycontext for, or interventions in, their work (I prefer Edward Canda's alternate term, "cultivations"). This is the only text of its kind of which I'm aware, and it's helped me to deepen and solidify the ethical component of my presentations. I especially enjoyed the discussion on the First Amendment and the idea of an "ethical ecology" (which I teach, but do not express in these terms; nevertheless, it's a concept with which I agree completely). I plan to encourage my students and hospice coworkers to read the book (I also highly recommend another book by Bulllis, "Spirituality in Social Work Practice"). The only complaint I have is that this edition (Paperback, 2001) was poorly edited -- too many typos and phrasings that should have been caught by an editor prior to publication. This makes for uneven reading in many spots, but still doesn't obscure the value of the content. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Christianity - Pastoral Counseling    2. Counseling    3. General    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Malpractice    7. Moral and ethical aspects    8. Pastoral Care And Counseling    9. Pastoral counseling    10. Psychology    11. Psychology & Psychiatry Profession - Ethics    12. Psychotherapy - Counseling    13. United States    14. Counselling    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychotherapy    16. Psychotherapy   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Child support    3. Custody of children    4. Divorce    5. Family Law - General    6. General    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. United States    11. Family law    12. Law / Domestic Relations / General    13. USA   

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A MUST-READ for anyone going through a divorce
At 32 years old, I'm the first one of my friends to go through a divorce (after 5 years of marriage), and while my girlfriends were tremedously supportive of me, none of them have ever gone through something like this and there are some things that only someone who has survived a divorce can understand.This book was like an old friend, comforting me, guiding me through the process, assuring me that everything I was feeling was normal and to be expected.A year later, it still sits on my nightstand, battered and highlighted in yellow marker, being read and re-read whenever I need support.Of course, this book is not substitute for therapy, but I don't think I could have gotten through this past year without it. I would recommend this book to ANYONE going through a divorce.I've also seen some reviews on here by someone who finds the book to be "pro-divorce", and that is not the case at all.The authors merely acknowledge the fact that divorces happen, provide comfort and advice without passing judgement on the how and why, and help those of us who are going through the process to make the best of the situation and feel somewhat hopeful about our futures.

One-of-a-kind
This book is not for people who are not sure whether they want a divorce. It will not suggest that you work harder on your marriage, and it will not tell you that you are making a mistake.It will also not give helpful advice on how to save a marriage.I think the title should be sufficient warning of its target audience.
Best Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce in your 20s & 30s!
I went to the bookstore to pick up a book on divorce - what I found was books that were either very heavy on the legal end or books for women with children.There was nothing out there for books for 20/30 somethings going through a divorce within the first 5 years -that spoke to me, not my mother.Someone recommended this book and I ordered it within the first 3 weeks after the big break-up.I was looking for something that spoke to me, in a girlfriend type of tone, not a preaching tone and this was PERFECT.It took me through what to expect in the beginning, the cycle of what would happen, how to tell people (or not tell people), and what to expect. It had great vignettes within it that illustrated situations similar to what I was going through and served as a general companion that helped me get through the healing process in the first six months.It was exactly what I needed.I would strongly recommend this to someone in their 20s/30s, first marriage, no kids - its right in-line with the chick lit out there and laughs and cries with you.Without this, I don't think I could have handled everything as well as I have.A must read over all the other books on the subject out there! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Conduct of life    2. Divorce    3. Divorce & Separation    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. Family Law - Divorce & Separation    6. General    7. Life skills guides    8. Psychological aspects    9. Self-Help    10. Young women    11. Self-Help / General   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    2. Divorce    3. Families of military personnel    4. Law    5. Law (Specific Aspects)    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Legal status, laws, etc.    9. Military spouses    10. United States    11. Law / General   

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An improvement over the first edition
Dr. Blau has successfully put together much of what a beginning forensic psychologist, or a clinical psychologist drawn serendipitously into the legal arena should know. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Medical Law & Legislation    3. Mental Health    4. Psychology    5. Courts & procedure    6. Criminal or forensic psychology    7. Evidence, Expert    8. Law-Medical Law & Legislation    9. Medical-Mental Health    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    11. Psychology, Forensic    12. USA   

Subjects:  1. Divorce    2. Law and legislation    3. Marital property    4. United States    5. Valuation   

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Made a difference
My divorce was handled via mediation and ended up being (relatively) civilized (though still painful), in part because of the advice in this book.As the commenter from Boston noted it does take two rationale people to make this occur, and I was fortunate to be in that situation.But in many ways it was because of this guide that I approached the situation more rationally and in the end that helped make a difference.

In a better world maybe...
This book assumes you do not have a spouse who wants nothing other than to cut off your balls and take everything you've got and/or that she is willing to act with some degree of rationality.Well...guess what.That is simply not the case all the time.Maybe if I had the sense to start my divorce several years earlier, it would have been possible to utilize the very sensible advice in this book.Unfortunately, this advice was of no practical benefit in my situation and no amount of understanding or common sense on my part would have changed the situation.
Inaccurate title
The title of this book should be: "The wealthy, middle-aged man's..."The book has good information, but none of the men in any of the examples in this book make less than $100,000/yr, and all of the advice is geared towards men in their late 40's earning 100K+.
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Subjects:  1. Divorce    2. Divorce & Separation    3. Divorce mediation    4. Divorced men    5. Family & Relationships    6. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    7. Family/Marriage    8. Private Law    9. Social Institutions    10. United States    11. Family & Relationships / Divorce    12. Separation & divorce   

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Detailed!!
Helps you to understand the complexity of marital debt/assets.In doing post-divorce mediation, the aftermath is worse than the initial filing of the divorce petition.Here we have two consenting adults reigning over the financial thrones of the other.Leaving their financial future in the hands of someone bitter will only gain negative results.What makes one think the court order will enforce resolution? The other party may not feel the urge to pay out of malice.This can lead to foreclosures, collection calls, garnishments, jdgements/liens, (ALL in YOUR name!!!) and frustration.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Consumer Finance    5. Divorce    6. Divorced people    7. Economic aspects    8. Finance, Personal    9. Law and legislation    10. Personal Finance    11. Personal Finance - General    12. Popular works    13. Sociology - Marriage & Family    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / General    16. Separation & divorce   

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This book did what it set out to do
This got us started on the road to our new biz, but what it lacked was real help filling out the State forms.Nolo has another book that does just that (and I recommend it if you are really looking for help with forms).If you are still in the decision making process as to which type of business you want to have (e.g. partnership, LLC, corporation types) and what it takes to run an LLC, this is one to keep on your shelf.My favorite part of this book, Nolo's Quick LLC, is a great chart delineating the differences between different types of businesses.

Great LLC Premer
This book and the accompaning book entitled "Form your LLC" are the best books that I have read on the subject. I was able to put an LLC together, run it by my attorney, and using the info for filing, set up my own LLC.Especially good are the suggestions for finding an attorney and tax man that will help you stay out of trouble.I recommend these books to anyone looking to set up an LLC.The publisher, NOLO PRESS, does a good job on all sorts of legal self help books.

Nolo's Quick LLC
Left a lot of questions unanswered.Gave reference to find more detail answers to questions about LLCs. Was hoping book would be an answer to all you ever wanted to know about LLC, but it wasn't.While it was helpful, I still had to get answers to some critical questions.I finally hired a lawyer that speciallizes in LLCs, Corporation, and Real Estate. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Family Law - Divorce & Separation    5. Limited partnership    6. Management - General    7. Popular works    8. Private companies    9. Small Business - Legal Guides    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Financial    3. Business Law    4. Corporate governance    5. Corporations    6. Corrupt practices    7. Health    8. Law    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Nonprofit organizations    12. Public Health Law    13. Taxation    14. United States    15. Management & management techniques    16. Non-Classifiable    17. Non-profitmaking organizations