Insuring the practice of medicine / Mark Gorney and Richard E. Anderson -- What every doctor should know about litigation: a primer on how to win medical malpractice lawsuits / Fred J. Hiestand -- Risk reduction from a plaintiff attorney's perspective / David Wm. Horan -- The physician as a witness / Joel A. Mattison -- The judicial process: discovery and deposition / Jonathan I. Epstein -- Communication and patient safety / Mark Gorney -- E-medicine in the physician's office / Edward Fotsch -- Risk management for the family physician / Malcolm H. Weiss -- Emergency medicine / Michael Jay Bresler -- Anesthesiology / Ann S. Lofsky -- Malpractice and medical practice: obstetrics and gynecology / Jack M. Schneider -- Breast cancer litigation / Richard E. Anderson and David B. Troxel -- Pap smear litigation / David B. Troxel -- Medical liability in plastic and reconstructive surgery / Mark Gorney -- The case for legal reform / Richard E. Anderson -- Health policy review: medical malpractice / David M. Studdert, Michelle M. Mello, and Troyen A. Brennan -- New directions in medical liability reform / William M. Sage