Dr. Richard W Bock MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
222 Asheland Ave Asheville NC, 28801About
Dr. Richard Bock is a vascular surgeon practicing in Asheville, NC. Dr. Bock specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Bock diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [Physician liability and patient information related to blood and plasma product safety].
- [Industry sponsorship in the hospital. Legal stumbling blocks for the physician].
- Legal issues in fetomaternal medicine in consideration of ethical quandaries--the German perspective.
- [Behavior after treatment failure. The "legal emergency kit"].
- [Private liquidation of emergency patients].
- [Personal charges of emergency patients].
- [Legal liability and responsibility of the physician].
- [The physician and the law. Responsibility after a liability incident--what can, what should be done from the legal viewpoint?].
- [Patient education--informed consent--extended operation].
- [Patient education with reference to ambulatory surgery. Legal aspects].
- [Procedure following an unforeseen incident: what can one, should one, must one do from the legal point of view?].
- The natural history of asymptomatic carotid artery disease.
- [Behavior following an incident. What can, what should, what must be done from the legal viewpoint?].
- [Ambulatory surgery--what is feasible, what is sensible? Legal aspects].
- [Legal comment on refusal of blood transfusions].
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