American College of Legal Medicine - 2014 Annual Meeting

The American College of Legal Medicine will hold its 54th Annual Meeting from February 27 – March 2, 2014, at the Westin Galleria in Dallas, Texas.  The theme is "Legal Medicine: Where Will the Road Lead."



Here are some highlights:

• Donation after Circulatory Arrest: A Lesson in How Not to Make Medico-Legal Policy -- Professor Thomas W. Mayo, JD


• Landmarks from the Law: Classic Cases in Medical Ethics -- Martin Boyle, JD; Joseph Topinka; Karin Zucker, MA, JD, LLM, MSF, FCLM


• Basics of Bioethics -- Thomas Jefferson; Douglas Swift; Karin Zucker, MA, JD, LLM, MSF, FCLM


• Use of Policy Analysis and Ethics in Hospital Litigation -- John Hall, MD, JD, MBA, FCLM


•  “Medical Malpractice Seen from Both Sides Now” -- Rosemary McGeady, MD, JD, FCLM


• The Use of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Determining Standard of Care -- Christopher L. Taylor, MD, MBA


• Defensive Medicine, Tort Reform and Empirical Evidence -- Saurabh Jha, MD


•  “Hold Me Liable for What, He’s Not My Patient” -- Howard Morgan, MD, FCLM