Vol. 1. Gathering and preparing medical records for analysis. Medical record types and content. Checklist of records. Errors and legal pitfalls of medical record keeping. Abbreviations and symbols. Medical books and literature. Health professionals. Hospitals. Managed care and the economics of health care. Medical negligence. Anatomical terminology and diagrams. Bones and joints. Nerves and muscles. Measurement and conversion tables
v. 2. Clinical decision making. Diagnostic tests and procedures. Diagnostic procedures commonly used. Named tests, signs and rating scales. Clinical laboratory and toxicology tests. Pathology findings and autopsy. Diagnostic imaging studies. Infectious diseases. Organisms causing infectious diseases. Medical disorders often litigated. Mental disorders in legal actions. Pain. Expert witnesses and consultants. Damages. Non-compliance
v. 3. Poisoning. Substance abuse in witnesses and parties. Alcoholism and liver injury. Food-related medical effects and drug interactions. Herb-related medical effects and drug interactions. Tobacco-related injury in litigation. Understanding drugs and drug effects. Drugs with mental effects. Drug finder.