| Liability Resulting from the Use of Antibiotics |
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| You wake up in the morning not feeling well, you make a quick phone call to your doctor and describe your symptoms to the staff person who answered the telephone, and within an hour, you have a prescription for antibiotics in your hand. The increased use of antibiotics in this country has been labeled "promiscuous," and it is criticized by many conscientious physicians. More... |
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| Duty of Mental Health Professionals to Warn Third Parties of Threats by Patients |
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| Duty of Mental Health Professionals to Warn Third Parties of Threats by Patients More... |
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| Obstetric Malpractice |
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| Obstetric Malpractice More... |
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| Wrong Site Surgery |
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| When a surgeon operates on the wrong limb, the patient often sustains a devastating injury. Wrong site surgery occurs not only on the wrong limb or organ but on the wrong patient. This error results from numerous breakdowns in the hospital's system, including poor preoperative planning, a lack of institutional controls, the failure of the surgeon to exercise due care, or poor communication between the surgeon and the patient. More... |
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| Physician Liability for Assisted Suicide |
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| Physician Liability for Assisted Suicide More... |
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