Medical law

tale of how a man that was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma ended up borrowing from his in-law to pay for his exorbitant cancer treatments. After I picked my jaw from my desk, I started pondering what could the cancer treatment breakdown be that warrants the price to be so high? I, of course, am aware of how corrupt the healthcare system is in the US, but, to what extent, not so much. The medical jargon used in the hospital bill, along with the codes and symbols is indicative of how…

The Hippocratic Oath is one of the oldest binding documents in history. Hippocratic Oath was first promulgated in 400 BC. Since then it became mandatory to take this oath for any medical professional who practices medicine. The Oath of Hippocrates, holds the American Medical Association 's Code of Medical Ethics, has remained in Western civilization as an expression of ideal conduct for the physician (Tyson, 2001). Its principles are held sacred by doctors to this day such as treat the sick…

regardless of what the law states for countless of years. Considering each state has laws and regulations, this issue has become a highly controversial one here in the state of Nevada.…

Medical Record Documentation in the Veterinary Setting A record, synonymous with other terms such as, health record or medical record, is a collection of related fields that refers to all the data accumulated regarding the patient’s visit or all of the patient’s visits. The health information professional will find that in relation to the veterinary health medical record, similarities between the veterinary delivery care setting and human health care setting extend to the approach veterinary…

pressured into denouncing the plant and making it appear to be a threat to the public. In 1937, the marijuana prohibition began across every state in the country. This country-wide ban ended in 1996 when California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. Many states in the region followed with similar legislation,…

medicine. This particular non-profit organization advocates that patients should possess the right to decide how they want to live out the end of their life. After enduring the burden of her illness, Maynard decided she no longer wanted to remain on medical support and legally chose the solution of active euthanasia, with doctor supervision, surrounded by friends and family. However, New York is one out of the forty-four states in the U.S. that prohibits this procedure…

Today, women make up a majority of the medical field. We owe this evolvement for equality to many amazing people throughout history. A key figure in opening the doors to women is Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell is most prominently known as the first American woman to receive a medical degree. She campaigned for women to enter into the medical field and eventually opened a medical college for women. It is said that Blackwell turned to medicine after a dying friend made the notion that…

What do forensic psychiatrists do? Forensic psychiatrists, as the name suggests, are psychologists in the field of forensic professionals in the law that can either make it easier to choose from a group of criminals who may of done a crime, making a ill-willed criminal into a law following citizen or determining the cause of a crime during a testimony. It may be wondered how a forensic psychiatrist does the mentioned jobs above. Well, a forensic psychiatrist can make finding the real criminal…

does allowing patients to die under a doctor’s care deem the death as murder. Some are convinced that it does, other maintain that allowing patients to do so in tern, breaks the Hippocratic Oath. Here in the states, we are very fortunate with every law and amendment that gives us the right to do with what we want with limits. Part of being a citizen is having the right to the freedom of…

did seem to point out that it is important that the method should be followed with a medical profession not a regular person. There was a majority that had similar views and aspects on how to look at euthanasia. I was interested at the studies that they had to use in order to record information. There are two components to deciding the actions of a person choosing an assisted suicide from a physical or and medical professional. The first is the right for a patient to die using that specific…