Opinion
Labeling of medication warnings
Issuing timely warnings regarding medical products promotes patient safety, and the law appears to place the major onus on the manufacturer.
Opinion
Discovery of peer review and patient safety reports
Any given state’s statute on discovery requires careful reading because it could differ from other states’ directives.
Opinion
Legal duty to nonpatients: Communicable diseases
A health care provider can sometimes be found liable to one other than his or her immediate patient, notwithstanding the absence of a provider-...
Opinion
Statute of limitations in malpractice actions
The statute of limitations does not start to run from the date of the negligent act or omission.
Opinion
Workers’ compensation law
Question: Employee, a poorly controlled diabetic, accidentally stepped on a nail at work. Surrounding cellulitis and abscess...
Opinion
Complementary and alternative medicine
Do CAM providers face the same level of liability risk as medical doctors?
News
‘Captain of the ship’ doctrine
Under the “Captain of the Ship” doctrine, physicians may face growing liability risks from their assistants’ negligence.
News
Patients who record office visits
Is it legal for patients to record conversations with physicians without physicians’ knowledge?
News
How the ADA shapes health care
How do the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act determine physicians’ treatment duties?
News
Consent and DNR orders
Where have the courts set the lines over the issue of consent surrounding decisions to withhold CPR?