Medical law

stages during the civil dispute resolution process. For civil disputes involving medical practitioners and patients, apologies have the ability to defuse the spur of litigation and restore the relationship of trust and confidence between them. This is because apologies give recognition to the error that has occurred and reflect a sincere sense of remorse by the medical practitioner for causing the harm. Nevertheless, medical practitioners fear…

When considering the genre of medical science and the work of doctors, we typically imagine these areas in regard to making revolutionary discoveries and saving lives. Is this realistic or a rose-tinted view? History shows medicine and doctors can ‘go bad’ spectacularly. Some medical controversies were accidents, but many have resulted from deliberate actions. Sometimes doctors believed the greater good, as they saw it, was more important than ethical behavior. Many of these incidents were not…

The four ethical principals that are the base for most medical decisions will aim to provide patient satisfaction and safety as the end result. Justifying the level of importance is based on those principles as they play a big role in deciding whether life-support should be available regardless of chances of recovery. The first principle is the respect for autonomy. This principal cites that the patient has the right to choose, which is problematic when they are in a futile state. As a…

(NAMI, 2015), approximately one in five teens and young adults live with or experience a mental health condition every year; and more than three million TAY are diagnosed with a serious mental health condition (Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law [BCMH law], 2004). Thus, in San Francisco…

intended to prop up the goals of Population Health Management (PHM) i.e. to enhance the quality of health care and trim down the health expenditures. It does not only securely assemble the entire medical history of the patient; it is designed with a vast and broader outlook encompassing a patient’s medical information such as allergies, treatments,…

Over time statutes may give way to a broader and less strict law that provides those with non-terminal disabilities an excuse to end their life. Another argument that may come into play is that the patient’s voluntary and informed consent may never be certain because most individuals who want to die are under pressure. Others opposing euthanasia believe that when continued medical care to cure an illness or disease have failed, hospice should come into play. This creates…

conducting semi-structured interviews of professionals and experts in the field of medical marijuana recommendation and distribution in each of the three states utilizing a uniform set of open-ended questions. This data was coded and analyzed to further determine if the FDA regulation medical marijuana would protect vulnerable populations or if vulnerable populations can by protected through state medical marijuana laws, as they currently exist without FDA regulation. Patton and Sawicki (1993)…

doctor assisted suicide has a negative impact on either the availability and/or quality of palliative care (Health Law Institute, Assisted Suicide). On the contrary, the opposite has occurred. The legalization of assisted suicide has increased the development, availability, and quality of palliative care (Health Law Institute, Assisted Suicide). Patients are becoming more aware of the medical treatments available to them including both palliative care and doctor assisted suicide. In fact, some…

patient, they would be then granted a power over society that not only breaches the Hippocratic Oath, but also empowers them to “play God”. This responsibility could then reflect upon society, altering their views and their trust within doctors and medical professionals as they could then be seen as “providers of death” (Cosic, 2003. 25) In addition to this, a doctor’s decision to terminate a life may not rely on the condition and best interests of the patient, but instead of amount of hospital…

and development of medical research has left scientists in the crossroads on the ethics behind the entire operation. Approximately twenty-six million animals are in the United Stated each year for both scientific and commercial testing, in which these animals are used for a wide range of dangerous procedures. These animals are used for testing the safety of medications for human consumption, determining the toxicity of medical procedures, and ultimately develop stable medical treatments to name…