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Medical malpractice: Its evolution to today’s risk of the “big verdict”
- Author:
- Steven R. Smith, MS, JD
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Those who practice unreasonably risky medicine are few and far between, but they drive up medical malpractice claims paid as well as insurance...
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Your 15-year-old patient requests an IUD without parental knowledge
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
- Steven R. Smith, MS, JD
The dilemmas of adolescent consent
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Abortion, the travel ban, and other top Supreme Court rulings affecting your practice
- Author:
- Steven R. Smith, MS, JD
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Many decisions made by SCOTUS in the 2017–2018 term concern you and your patients. With Justice Kennedy retired, and his often deciding vote in 5-...
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Lessons from a daunting malpractice event
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
- Steven R. Smith, MS, JD
The child was born severely handicapped. What really happened in this case, and why?
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Supreme Court decisions in 2017 that affected your practice
- Author:
- Steven R. Smith, MS, JD
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Arbitration in health care and biosimilar pharmaceuticals top the past year’s decisions
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Business law critical to your practice
- Author:
- Steven R. Smith, MS, JD
Preventive law, like preventive medicine, can make all the difference