The Regan Report on Medical Law articles from November 1998

The Regan Report on Medical Law archives from November 1998

Bid to Bar Physicians' Participation in Executions.(Thorburn v. Department of Corrections)(California)
November 1, 1998... SHOULD PHYSICIANS BE BARRED FROM PARTICIPATING IN EXECUTIONS? Should physicians who participate in executions, to whatever degree, be charged with "Unprofessional Conduct"? Do Physicians who participate in executions bring about the death of...

Failure to Inform Patient of Alternatives to Surgery.(Shabinaw v. Brown)(Idaho)
November 1, 1998... CASE ON POINT: Shabinaw v. Brown, 963 P.2d 1185 - ID (1998) ISSUE: Physicians must obtain their patients' informed consent before surgery. However, too often physicians either neglect or fail to discuss alternatives to surgery with their...

GA: No Formal Oath By Medical Expert: Is Validity of Expert's Affidavit Affected?(Harris v. Murray)(Georgia)
November 1, 1998... CASE FACTS: Laura Harris brought a medical malpractice suit against Dr. Samuel D. Murray, Jr., and filed her complaint with a medical expert's affidavit as required by state law. The affidavit showed on its face that the expert executed it...

NY: Is Urologist to Make Cardiac Diagnosis?: Admitting Dr. Not Liable for All Diagnosis.(Yasin v. Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat)(New York)
November 1, 1998... CASE FACTS: Mary Yasin was brought by ambulance to Flushing Memorial Hospital Medical Center complaining, inter alia, of persistent weakness, vomiting, and lower abdominal pain. After being called in for a urological consultation, by a surgical...

`Similar' Case Shows `Medically Impossible' Is Possible.(medical malpractice case, Born v. Eisenman)(Nevada)
November 1, 1998... CASE ON POINT: Born v. Eisenman, 962 P.2d 1227 - NV (1998) ISSUE: In this Nevada case a physician testifying as an expert witness on behalf of a surgeon who had been sued for medical malpractice testified that it was `medically impossible'...