Malpractice Sites:

• Summary of Medical Malpractice Law  (Summary of each state's medical malpractice law, including the principal procedural provisions and the statute of limitations...Not verified for accuracy)
• Legal Consumer Guide - Medical Malpractice Statutes of Limitations (Not verified for accuracy, and it appears it may be providing general negligence statutes of limitations, rather than specific medical malpractice statutes of limitations)
• National Conference of State Legislatures - 50 State Medical Malpractice Tort Law Chart (catalogues the malpractice laws of all 50 states in chart form, including statutes of limitations, but sources tell us it's often misleading and inaccurate)
• Assessing and Evaluating the Malpractice Claim: Practical Considerations - Article Available Only in PDF Format and not html
• 'Lectric Law Library, Medical Malpractice
• Cafe Law, Medical Malpractice
• The Federal Tort Claims Act: An Overview
• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Online  (check the section titled Educational Resources Catalog...many videotapes for sale on various orthopedic topics, including surgical procedures)
• ACEP Online, American College of Emergency Physicians  (resources available on emergency medicine)
• Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Laparoscopic Surgery: A Primer for the Lawyer
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons - Guidelines, Statements and Other Publications
• Establishing Liability And Damages In Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• Medical Malpractice, Cancer and the Medical Oncologist ('Lectric Law Library)
• Online Cancer Guide
• Mammography and the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer ('Lectric Law Library)
• TransMed Network - Breast Diseases - Physicians' Guidelines
• CancerNet - National Cancer Institute - Breast Cancer Treatment - Health Professionals
• Prognostic Factors For Breast Cancer Survival, A Primer For Lawyers
• FDA Mammography Page - Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA)
• Common Obstetrical Complications ('Lectric Law Library)
• Shoulder Dystocia, Facts, Evidence and Conclusions  (the issues from a defense perspective)
• Article: Diagnosing and Managing Ectopic Pregnancy
• Article: The Burden of Staphylococcus Aureus Infections on Hospitals in the United States
• Lasik Eye Surgery: US Food and Drug Administration
• Surgical Eyes  (resource site for complications of eye surgery)
• Guidelines for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection
• American College of Surgeons - Statements and Guidelines
• The Pediatric Database (PEDBASE) (comprehensive alphabetical listing with descriptions of over 550 childhood illnesses)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases  (bibliography of medical literature citations for pediatric infectious diseases)
• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• RMF's Risk Management Library  (resources for risk management and dealing with the medical malpractice arena from a clinical perspective)
• Malpractice Claims - Risk Management Tips and Topics
• Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
• National Guideline Clearinghouse (U.S. government site providing a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assisted Living and Nursing Care - American Health Care Association  (Falls and Fall Risk Clinical Practice Guideline, Altered Mental States Clinical Practice Guideline, Dementia Clinical Practice Guideline, Osteoporosis Clinical Practice Guideline)
• Clinical Geriatrics - Falls and Gait Disturbances
• National Center for Elder Abuse  (funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging, the NCEA is a gateway to resources on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.)
• Member of the Family - National Database of Performance Evaluations of Nursing Homes
• Nursing Home Compare  (detailed information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the USA)
• Nursing Homes Ratings
• The Guidelines for Chiropractic Quality Assurance and Practice Parameters (Mercy Guidelines)
• AIM, Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors, DocFinder  (for a limited number of participating states, this site provides a database of physicians with credentials and disciplinary actions)
• Forbes Online, Article on Investigating Physicians' Background for Disciplinary Proceedings
• Federation of State Medical Boards - DocInfo  (40 year old databank of 115,000 physician disciplinary actions recently opened up to public access for a small fee)
• National Practitioner Data Bank  (Yes! It's the home of the notorious federal data bank of medical practitioners and their malpractice judgments and settlements...No, you can't access it...Some good statistics, though)
• Public Citizen - Survey of Doctor Disciplinary Information on State Medical Board Web Sites
• DoctorFind  (search for physicians)
• DoctorDirectory.Com  (comprehensive directory of physicians listed by geographical location and specialty...also has an advanced search feature allowing searches by last name only or as much information as is available)
• American Board of Medical Specialties - Certified Doctor Verification Service  (searchable database of all physicians certified by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties. Mirror site available here)
• SearchPointe - Doctor Search - Background Information
• IDEX, Expert Witness Research  (fee/membership based, defense oriented database of expert witnesses and transcripts...It's expensive, but it's good to know the opposition's intelligence)
• Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance  (Site contains a search engine for Maryland physicians that will produce a license profile on each, including whether any public disciplinary orders have been entered.)
• Quackwatch, Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery and Intelligent Decisions
• Malpracticedepositions.Com (Malpractice depositions available online...also includes expert witness data bank)
• Federal Anti-Dumping Law