The Regan Report on Medical Law articles from March 1999

The Regan Report on Medical Law archives from March 1999

Heart Surgeon Challenges Group's `Exclusive'.
March 1, 1999... SHOULD HOSPITALS BE ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO `EXCLUSIVE' CONTRACTS WITH SURGEONS TO PROVIDE EXCLUSIVE SURGICAL SERVICES? What of surgeons who currently hold clinical privileges'/Are they to be abandoned'/Should a hospital be allowed to revoke...

Plea For C Section Ignored: Quadriplegic Born.
March 1, 1999... CASE ON POINT: Schreiber v. Physicians Ins. Co., 588 N.W.2d 26 - WI (1999) ISSUE: Can a physician ignore his patient's repeated pleas for a C Section? Not without substantial risk for a medical malpractice suit based on lack of informed...

Dr. Sued for Prescribing Neuroleptic Drug: Pharmacy's TIS is Only Link to Defendant Dr.(tax information summary)
March 1, 1999... CASE FACTS: Ronald Creed filed a complaint against Dr. William Bloom, Dr. Emanuel DeFraites, Jr., and Community Psychiatric Centers of Mississippi, Inc., d/b/a CPC Sand Hill Hospital. Creed alleged that, while a patient at the Hospital Dr....

NE: Failure to Treat Sexual Assault Victim: Failure to Prove Proximate Cause of Injury.(Nebraska)
March 1, 1999... CASE FACTS: Jane Doe is a mildly retarded, 52-year-old female with an IQ of 64. Prior to hospitalization, Doe had been suffering from recurrent, nonpsychotic major depressive episodes, Doe was admitted to the psychiatric unit at Great Plains...

Did Dr. `Accurately' Inform Pt. of Alternatives to Surgery?(patient)
March 1, 1999... CASE ON POINT: Cacdac v. West, 705 N.E.2d 506 - IN (1999) ISSUE: One of the issues in this extraordinary Indiana case was whether a surgeon fraudulently induced a patient to undergo surgery. Should a surgeon be allowed to tell a patient...