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The Regan Report on Medical Law archives from October 1997
Courts uphold ban on physician-assisted suicide.
October 1, 1997... THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT A STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO BAN PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVER. The forty-five States that recognize the right to refuse treatment have expressed disapproval of physician-assisted suicide....
No statute of limitations applies in fraudulent concealment case.
October 1, 1997... CASE ON POINT: Duke v. Boyd 942 P. 2d 351 - WA (1997)
ISSUE: Ordinarily when a person is the victim of medical malpractice, that person has a specific period of time in which to bring suit. If the victim fails to sue within the appropriate...
Operative reports clear way for application of Res Ipsa Loquitur.
October 1, 1997... CASE ON POINT: Hightower - Warren v. Silk 698 A. 2d 52- PA (1997)
ISSUE: The doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur (RIL) is applied infrequently. It is applied only in those cases in which a patient who is under the exclusive control of a physician or...