Surviving Your Personal Injuries Claim and Litigation: A Guidebook
This guidebook is written for patients, friends and families who are dealing with the insurance claims and litigation process associated with injury and disability. It may also be of interest to physicians and other health care professionals, lawyers, the insurance industry, mediators and judges involved in issues relating to insurance claims and litigation regarding personal injury. This guidebook focuses on the Canadian system but reviews issues that are universal subsequent to injury with resultant suffering and disability.
100% of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to pain research. All material is copyrighted so we request that the material not be reproduced and distributed but that you purchase the guidebook and encourage others to do the same. Thank you for your contribution to a very important cause!
The book may be purchased from:
The Dalhousie Health Sciences Bookstore
5891 University Avenue
Halifax, NS B3H 1W2
phone: (902) 494-6701
fax: (902) 494-6150
email:susan.kingston@dal.ca
The self-help book, Surviving Your Personal Injuries Insurance Claim: A Guidebook, by Dr. Mary Lynch, is a timely and necessary material. Dr. Lynch is an expert in pain, particularly chronic pain resulting from injury, and her experience with patients in her practice has placed her in a uniquely qualified position to help this population.
I believe that the numbers of persons interested in this guidebook will not be insignificant, and will include health care professionals as well as patients and family members. I look forward to seeing it in press and to notify members of the Canadian Pain Society about it.
C. Celeste Johnston, RN, DEd
Past President, Canadian Pain Society
James McGill Professor
McGill University
This guidebook authored by Dr. Lynch, a prominent clinician and researcher in the field of chronic pain management, is an excellent source of information for any individual who has suffered injury and is involved in the claims process.
This book clearly outlines the complex maze individuals have to go through to receive appropriate compensation, it offers helpful hints throughout, and clearly explains many of the terms used, concepts and what to expect. An added value of the book is that it also provides much information about the aftermath of litigation and how individuals have to continue to live with chronic pain.
This book will be invaluable to many patients who have suffered injury and disability because of injury. For any individual entering these processes it should be obligatory reading.
AJ Clark MD FRCPC
Director Pain Management Unit
Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia
